About the book

An epic love story set against the vivid backdrop of seventeenth-century Europe between Ruth bat Elazar Saul, a Jewish midwife involved in the Kabbala which she uses in her midwifery; and Detlef von Tennen, a young Catholic canon attached to the Cathedral. When Ruth is arrested by a Spanish inquisitor, Detlef is forced to take charge of her interrogation…

‘Sensuous – this steamy, riveting page-turner is also a paean to the triumph of a woman’s spirit.‘ - Publisher’s Weekly