Contents

Title Page

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Dedication

Part One: The First Son

Chapter One: The Silversmith’s Son

Chapter Two: The Gift from God

Chapter Three: A Christian Jew

Chapter Four: The Questioning

Part Two: The Second Son

Chapter Five: Yonah Ben Helkias

Chapter Six: Changes

Chapter Seven: The Date of Departure

Chapter Eight: The Fisher

Chapter Nine: Visitors

Chapter Ten: The Lair

Chapter Eleven: A Decision

Part Three: The Peón

Chapter Twelve: A Man with a Hoe

Chapter Thirteen: The Prisoner

Chapter Fourteen: The Holiday

Chapter Fifteen: Auto-De-Fé

Chapter Sixteen: The Farm Woman

Part Four: The Shepherd

Chapter Seventeen: The Sound of Sheep

Chapter Eighteen: The Jester

Chapter Nineteen: Inés Denia

Chapter Twenty: What Mingo Learned

Part Five: The Armorer of Gibraltar

Chapter Twenty-One: An Ordinary Seaman

Chapter Twenty-Two: Metalwork

Chapter Twenty-Three: Saints and Gladiators

Chapter Twenty-Four: The Chosen

Chapter Twenty-Five: The City of Toledo

Chapter Twenty-Six: Bombardes

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Watching Eyes

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Books

Part Six: The Physician of Saragossa

Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Physician’s Apprentice

Chapter Thirty: The Testing of Ramón Callicó

Chapter Thirty-One: A Hard Day’s Work

Chapter Thirty-Two: The Solitary Practitioner

Chapter Thirty-Three: The Witness

Chapter Thirty-Four: The Friar’s House

Chapter Thirty-Five: A Fulfilled Responsibility

Chapter Thirty-Six: Draught Games

Chapter Thirty-Seven: A Trip to Huesca

Chapter Thirty-Eight: The High Meadow

Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Visiting Physician

Chapter Forty: Adriana Chacon

Part Seven: The Silent Man

Chapter Forty-One: A Letter from Toledo

Chapter Forty-Two: In the Castle

Chapter Forty-Three: The Countess

Chapter Forty-Four: Springtime

Chapter Forty-Five: Departures

Chapter Forty-Six: The Barn

Acknowledgments

Also by Noah Gordon

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