La Gesta del Marrano


La Gesta del Marrano is an Argentine novel, written by renowned prize-winning Argentinian author Marcos Aguinis.
This novel tells the story of Francisco Maldonado da Silva, a physician born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, who discovered his Jewish origin and decided to assume fully his Jewishness and stop hiding as a Christian. Maldonado was imprisoned by the Holy Inquisition, tried, and condemned for heresy.
The book has been published by Amazon Publishing in English language for worldwide distribution under the title "Against the Inquisition".