The I had to stop at one third of the book. What I liked about this book is the detail on 15th century Spain. I'm sorry, but I'd rather read books that made me feel hopeful. The main character in this book had so many bad things happened to him, and I felt after 300 pages (the book is about 900 pages) I just couldn't take it anymore. It wasn't really because the book is bad, but I just couldn't go on reading it because it's somehow made me feel sad and depressed. With the help of his Christian friends, he hatches a grand plan to reconcile the two warring faiths - and the two halves of his identity.more But his step-father cruelly marries her instead and forces Hernando into slavery. There he meets Fatima, a young girl with black eyes who will become the love of his life. News of his special touch reaches the King of the Moors and he is appointed to fight the Christian troops sent by the Spanish King Philip II. Hernando finds comfort in his affinity with the horses and becomes an expert muleteer. Hernando, a young Arab with a Christian father, is despised by the townsfolk and by his own step-father for his 'tainted' heritage and is banished to live in the stables. The Moors have unsuccessfully tried to rise up against their Christian oppressors and the town has been painted with the blood of their victims. Hernando finds comfort in his affinity with 1564, Granada.
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