The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon by Richard Zimler

The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon

The Sephardic Cycle #1

Richard Zimler

464 pages missing pub info (editions)

fiction historical reflective slow-paced
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The year is 1506, and the streets of Lisbon are seething with fear and suspicion when Abraham Zarco is found dead, a naked girl at his side. Abraham was a renowned kabbalist, a practitioner of the arcane mysteries of the Jewish tradition at a time...

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3.6
based on 298 reviews

Moods

mysterious: 72%

reflective: 61%

dark: 55%

informative: 55%

adventurous: 50%

challenging: 50%

emotional: 50%

sad: 50%

tense: 33%

inspiring: 27%

hopeful: 11%

lighthearted: 5%


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