Toledo – Jerusalem: A historical novel of emotional transformation Paperback – Illustrated, 9 June 2020

Brilliant, constructive, healing, spiritual … An inspiring historical novel so that you can turn into you.

1. LITERARY REVIEWS

The novel is a spiritual journey, that takes the reader to deeply human experiences. I have managed to live the intensity and knowledge of the entire feelings that its writer masterfully describes us. ” Rafael Gálvez, founding partner and alma mater of the association of writers Alfareros del Lenguaje, Spain.

2. SUMMARY

“Toledo-Jerusalem” is a historical novel, set on the Iberian Peninsula in the 15th century. Telling the story of Esther, a young woman who, after choosing a life of great emotional intensity, has to abandon her beloved Sepharad on account of the Catholic Kings’ Edict of Expulsion. Over the course of her life, she undergoes an inner journey from the most negative emotions to experiencing unconditional love.
The main character, threated with death by the Inquisition, leaves Toledo to settle in Avila. After passing through Segovia, Guadalajara and Ciudad Real before returning to Toledo, where she started her exit from Spain. In this later exodus she passes through Albacete, Valencia, Naples, Thessaloniki and Constantinople, until she reaches Jerusalem and Safed , a city in the beautiful region of Galilee, where the most evolved Sephardim settled.
In addition to an emotional transformation, Esther will have to fulfil a specific mission: carry, to the place where it arose, the spiritual knowledge transmitted orally for centuries in Castile and Aragon.

3. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gonzalo S. Rey has a degree in Business Administration (ICADE) and Law (UNED) and has studied Philosophy. After working in Kenya and London he started his life as a writer. He has studied in-depth the philosophical and spiritual traditions of medieval Spain, from which his novels emerge.

“My name is Gonzalo S. Rey. I love to see how people expand their life possibilities, break their limiting beliefs and regain faith in themselves. At the top of my career, I asked myself: Why used to be I born?. I left my job and began an inner transformation. I had reached the top of what society perceived as success, but my soul used to be asking for something else. I discovered the spiritual traditions and the meditation. A good friend suggested me to write a book, and so I did. I put all my heart into the project, I took a 400 km walk, I studied the 13th century for years. The result used to be the book, “The Calling”. Then I made up our minds to write my second novel, which took me another four years. I wanted to honor the memories of the Sephardim that had to leave Spain.

“Toledo-Jerusalem” is a novel of personal evolution, of forgiving and understanding the cosmic drama . Full of adventures, knowledge and hope, it’s going to help the reader on their own journey of emotional transformation.

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