Honorat

Honorat: A Novel is the intriguing saga of two Wine-Empire families, their ancestral 'roots' traced to the 'Sephardim, ' the Hebrews of Spain, during and following the fearsome Inquisition of 1492 Spain's royal edicts decreed severe dilemmas on the Hebrews, the most flagrant being 'forced conversions to Catholicism ' Hundreds of thousands of Hebrews already converted . . conversos . . 'rebelled ' These 'rebels' were known as Marranos Centuries Pass During World War Two's period of infamy, the French family de Bergeron of Beaupre in Burgundy, and the Italian family Gondolfo of Castiglione-Falletto in north Italy's Piedmont province 'rediscover' their Hebrew origins and Judaic heritage Their lives, their loves, their hopes, and their promises endure against the annals and ravages of the 20th Century Honorat contains first-hand personal experiences alongside 'The Maquis'. The French Resistance Forces, together with 'liaison efforts' with members of the Jewish Underground in Provence who ultimately became responsible for saving thousands of Marranos and European Jews from the death camps of Eastern Europe.