The Spanish Doctor Author:Matt Cohen Set in fifteenth century Spain, at the beginning of the great era of Jewish persecution, The Spanish doctor tells the tale of Avram Halevi. Conceived in rape during the massacre of the Jews in Toledo, and forced to convert to Catholicism at the age of seven, he has become a brilliant sought after doctor. As the era of tolerance that once marke... more »d Moorish Spain crashes to a close, Halevi's privileged life is torn apart. he flees first to France and, eventually, to the remoteness of Russia.« less