In his new book, Norman Simms re-defines the study of two often misunderstood religious groups. The first are Marranos who claim descent from the persecuted Spanish Jews forced to convert to Catholi
This groundbreaking book focuses on Alfred Dreyfus the man, with emphasis placed on his own writings, including his recently published prison workbooks and his letters to his wife Lucie. Through close
From the very moment Alfred Dreyfus was placed under arrest for treason and espionage, his entire world was turned upside down, and for the next five years he lived in what he called a phantasmagoria.
Specialist and journalist Simms describes the unique social and psychological position of certain individuals within the conversos, Sephardic Jews who had voluntarily or forcibly converted to Catholic
Simms has thought about the Middle English poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight for over three decades, and laments that he has room to address only a few of its facets. Nevertheless, the reading he
