The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara by David I. Kertzer
The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara

David I. Kertzer

The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara

David I. Kertzer

350 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction biography history religion tense slow-paced
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National Book Award FinalistBologna: nightfall, June 1858. A knock sounds at the door of the Jewish merchant Momolo Mortara. Two officers of the Inquisition bust inside and seize Mortara's six-year-old son, Edgardo. As the boy is wrenched from his...

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