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Originally Posted by loves2read
Have read 5 of 6 of series of novels about Spain when Moors controlled some areas and Ferdinand and Isabel were fighting to claim all Spain and unify it
Main character is a doctor Thomas Berrington—someone who values many aspects of Moorish culture who is physician to one of the Moorish rulers in the initial novel then comes in contact w/Isabel and Ferdinand and becomes somewhat of a confidant/more involved as the series progresses.
Interesting but also more complicated than necessary—
Thomas invariably makes decisions he regrets so can’t say he learns from his mistakes
Maybe that is a human foible but using it to drive novels’ plots becomes predictable...
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What is the series? I want to add it to my list!