Video-conference discussion with Andrée Aelion Brooks, author, journalist, and lecturer on new findings on the life story of Dona Gracia Nasi, a 16th century woman banker who developed an escape network that saved thousands of her fellow conversos (forcibly-converted Jews) from the terrors of the Inquisition. It will be based upon Brooks' award-winning biography of Nasi called The Woman Who Defied Kings. Brooks will talk about the history of the creation of the book and the discovery of the source material.
Event sponsored by the South Orange Library book group.
1st Floor Meeting Room
