Author: Ildefonso Falcones
- Fiction
- Vintage Espanol
- ISBN: 9780307476067
- Release Date: 01-01-1970
-Reviewed by: America Reads Spanish

Falcones paints a portrait of the tensions that existed in late 16th century Spain for those caught between love for their country and desire to openly practice the Muslim religion. Through Hernando, his main character, the author speaks of the hope for a more peaceful co-existence between the Christian West and the Muslim East.