β Scribed by Perutz, Leo
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**A tale of political intrigue and ethereal romance in sixteenth century Prague by an Austrian author who "**spins magic realism worthy of Gabriel GarcΓa MΓ‘rquez" (The Atlanta Journal and Constitution).
Rudolf II, king of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor, is known to be the greatest art patron in the world. He is also known to be paranoid, spendthrift, and wayward. In sixteenth-century Prague, seat of Christendom, he rules without the ongoing assistance of the Jewish financier Mordechai Meisl.
In the ghetto, the Great Rabbi and mystic seer guides his people in the uneasy cohabitation of Jew and Christian. Meanwhile, under Rudolph's imprimatur, Meisl becomes fabulously wealthy with a hand in transactions across Europe. But his beautiful wife, Esther, also forms a unique bond with Rudolf II . . .
By night under the stone bridge, she and the emperor entwine in their dreams under the guise of a white rosemary bush...
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