ISBN10: 0385508484, ISBN13: 9780385508483, [publisher: Doubleday] Hardcover First Edition Stated first edition. First printing. Unclipped, mylar protected dust jacket. LIke new condition except for a very slight crease to the spine's foot. The DJ has no tears or chips. Not a remainder.
[Gillette, WY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]
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First edition/first printing. Tight square spine, clean crisp pages, no folded page corners. Name partially blacked out on inside front cover (hidden behind flap), no other writing or marks. Dust jacket clean with no rips or creases. Not a remainder or book club printing. Date: 2005. Doubleday ISBN 0385508484 9780385508483 [US]

Doubleday 2005 Hardcover USED Good

Doubleday, October Date: 2005. Hardcover. USED Good. 2005. Doubleday ISBN 0385508484 9780385508483 [US]

ISBN10: 0385508484, ISBN13: 9780385508483, [publisher: Doubleday, New York] Hardcover First Edition First printing. Gilt lettering on black & maroon covers in a pictorial dust jacket. 8vo, 363pp.
[Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]

Doubleday, Date: 2005-10-11. Hardcover. Very good. 6.5x1.0x9.25. From historian James Reston, Jr., comes a riveting account of the pivotal events of 1492, a year when towering political ambitions, horrific religious excesses, and a drive toward adventure and conquest changed the world forever.. The Dogs of God chronicles one of the most savage epochs in human history, the years of the Spanish Inquisition. In an effort to consolidate their power on the Iberian peninsula and free themselves from the yoke of the Vatican, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella turned to the priest Tomás de Torquemada, a member of the Dominican order. Torquemada urged an Inquisition that would strengthen the sovereigns’ authority throughout Spain, particularly in the coming campaign against the Moors of Granada. When Granada fell, tens of thousands of Muslims were given the choice of converting to Christianity or facing death or banishment. Torquemada then turned his ferocity on Spain’s Jews, forcing upon them the same grim choice. And in the end, more than 120,000 Jews left their homeland.With rich characterizations of the central players and breathtaking descriptions of the starkly beautiful Iberian peninsula, Dogs of God also portrays a time during which the entanglement of religious and political passions set the stage for the birth of modern Europe. Ferdinand and Isabella, in solidifying their control over the Iberian peninsula, also presaged the creation of the modern state, with its ...

ISBN10: 0385508484, ISBN13: 9780385508483, [publisher: Doubleday] Hardcover An analysis of the pivotal events of 1492 discusses how the Spanish Inquisition strengthened the power of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, the campaign against the Moors, and the beginning of the Spanish conquest of the New World. Solid binding. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.
[Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]