A treasure of Irish literary fiction set in DONEGAL
The Hand of Fatima
Location(s): Granada
Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
Era(s): 1564
Snared between two cultures and two loves, one man is forced to choose…
1564, the Kingdom of Granada. After years of Christian oppression, the Moors take arms and daub the white houses of Sierra Nevada with the blood of their victims.
Amidst the conflict is young Hernando, the son of an Arab woman and the Christian priest who raped her. He is despised and regularly beaten by his own step-father for his ‘tainted’ heritage.
Fuelled with the love of the beautiful Fatima, Hernando hatches a plan to unite the two warring faiths – and the two halves of his identity…
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