The Outcast Dove - first US edition

by Sharan Newman - signed

In a surprising twist, Newman's ninth engrossing medieval historical (after 2002's Heresy) features not her usual heroine, Catherine LeVendeur, a French Catholic woman (with concealed Jewish lineage), but Catherine's earthy and virile cousin, Solomon though she keeps their connection quiet because Solomon was raised Jewish. When Christians seize a young Jewish woman during the conquest of the Spanish city of Almeira, Solomon joins the rescue party. En route, he encounters his reviled father, Jacob, who has converted to Catholicism and is now a monk called Brother James. James is on an oddly similar mission to ransom Catholic knights captured by Muslims.

Book has black boards with the title in gold on the spine. Signed by the author on the title page; 432 pages with dimensions (in inches) of 1.32 x 8.50 x 5.96; unread. Jacket is in fine condition, price intact at $25.95.