Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition: A History

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TORQUEMADA

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Photo by Lacoste.

FREY TOMÁS DE TORQUEMADA.
From a Painting attributed to Miguel Zittoz.

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TORQUEMADA
AND
THE SPANISH INQUISITION
A HISTORY
BY RAFAEL SABATINI
Author of “The Life of Cesare Borgia,” “The Strolling
Saint,” etc.
‘El fuego estÁ encendido; quemarÁ fasta que falle cabo al seco de la leÑa’
AndrÉs Bernaldez, Historia de los Reyes CatÓlicos, cap. XIV.
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