Download or read book Doña Gracia of the House of Nasi written by Cecil Roth and published by Varda Books. This book was released on 1977 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dona Gracia, a Marrano or 'converso' (secret Jew), flees the Inquisition in Portugal. She wanders Europe, rises to financial power in Antwerp, finds sanctuary, finally, in Turkey, where she spends her last years as the uncrowned Queen of Jewry in the Ottoman Empire.