description: In this sprawling tale of Elizabethan England, the heroine, Rebecca Lopez, is the gifted, shapely daughter of the Queen's court physician. The Lopezes are conversos, Spanish Jews posing as Anglicans, and they're involved in a dangerous mission to smuggle Jews out of Spain.
language: English
title: The Quality of Mercy
titlecomplete: The Quality of Mercy
genres: British Literature, Historical, Mystery, Jewish, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Romance, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 1357
publisher: William Morrow & Co