The Marranos of Spain: From the Late 14th to the Early 16th Century, According to Contemporary Hebrew Sources, Third Edition
"This book's revolutionary thesis dispels the romanticized heroic image of the Marrano found in Jewish literary and historical annals. Netanyahu's conception of the Marranos is of a people whose majority hardly resisted assimilation to Spanish culture and Christianity. Consequently, he unhesitatingly rejects the Inquisition's claim that it was established for the sole purpose of preserving the integrity of Christianity against the undermining effects of Marranism."—Isaac Barzilay, Professor Emeritus, Columbia University