Torquemada

An “eerily successful” novel of the fifteenth-century Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition from the New York Times –bestselling author of Spartacus ( Kirkus Reviews ).   Bestselling author Howard Fast’s 1966 novelization of the Spanish Inquisition, Torquemada , is a terrifying drama about one of history’s most notorious individuals. Prior Thomas de Torquemada and Don Alvaro de Rafel, a Spanish knight, have been friends for many years. But when Torquemada is named Spain’s Grand Inquis