المسيح الأندلسي

The novel is set in the Morisco period, the harshest chapter of Muslim history in Spain after the fall of al-Andalus, when Muslims were forced to become Christians and the Inquisition watched how sincere their new faith was. In 1592 a Morisco woman is put on trial and executed. Jesús González, her son and a devout Spanish Catholic, cannot accept the court's account of why she died. Before dying she left him a message, passed on by his uncle once he was judged ready: he is an Arab and a Muslim, and his name is Issa ibn Muhammad. Doubt sets him searching for her killer and for the secret behind her words.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

358 pages in the original

Genres

Historical (assigned by AI)

Set in

Spain, late 16th century

First published

2024 by Al-Mutawassit

Author's age

57 when first published

ISBN

9791255910367 (original)