The Spanish Inquisition vs Une vie: Which Should You Read?

The Spanish Inquisition Cecil Roth · 1937 ★★★★☆ 3.8 318 pages · ≈ 5 h 53 m · Challenging

“TOWARDS the close of the fourteenth century, while Richard II. was trifling on the throne of England and 'Charles VI. was raving on the throne of France, a certain Spanish archdeacon named Ferran Martinez was engaged in delivering a series of sermons in the diocese of Seville.”

Documents the events leading up to the Spanish Inquisition beginning in 1478 and the events that followed for the next three and a half centuries.

Une vie Simone Veil · 2007 ★★★★☆ 3.9 287 pages · ≈ 5 h 19 m · Moderate

Political autobiography of Simone Veil, holocaust surviver, former president of the European Parliament, several times minister in French governments; one of the most outstanding politicians of post-war France and…