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|title=Prisoner of the Inquisition

|author=Theresa Breslin

|reviewer=Linda Lawlor

|buy=Yes

|borrow=Yes

|pages=320

|publisher=Doubleday Children's Books

|date=April 2010

|isbn=978-0385617031

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Don't read this book if you are of a delicate disposition and prone to nightmares. Within the first few pages a woman is burned at the stake, a man is unjustly accused and hanged, his young son only just escapes the same fate and a woman dies in childbirth. But this is no horror story, and none of the violence is gratuitous: this is quite simply the world of fifteenth century Spain. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella are fighting the Moors in Granada, Christopher Columbus is seeking royal funding for a voyage to prove the world is round, and the Inquisition is spreading terror and anguish throughout the land. And against this background of momentous events, we have the thrilling and beautiful account of the lives of two young people, bound together by hatred and love.

Further reading suggestion: Excellent historical fiction for teenagers abounds – readers might like to stray into other centuries by reading [[The Lady in the Tower by Marie-Louise Jensen]], [[Gatty's Tale by Kevin Crossley-Holland]], or [[Fallen Grace by Mary Hooper]], all of which are warmly recommended.

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