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A new life and a new name …
House of Rocamora, a novel of the 17th century, continues the exceptional life of roguish Vicente de Rocamora, a former Dominican friar, confessor to the Infanta of Spain, and almost Inquisitor General. After Rocamora arrives in Amsterdam at age forty-two, asserts he is a Jew, and takes the name, “Isaac,” he revels in the freedom to become whatever he chooses for the first time in his life. Rocamora makes new friends, both Christian and Jew, including scholars, men of power and, typically, the disreputable. He also acquires enemies in the Sephardic community who believe he is a spy for the Inquisition or resent him for having been a Dominican.
As Isaac Israel de Rocamora, he studies Medicine at Leyden and, at age forty-six, receives a license to practice. That same year Rocamora weds twenty-five year old Abigail Touro, and together they raise a large family. During his time in Amsterdam, Rocamora has a bizarre encounter with Rembrandt, serves the House of Orange as physician, and advises Spinoza before the philosopher’s excommunication. He survives a murder attempt, learns from the great English physician Harvey, and a surprise visit from a childhood friend leads to an unusual business venture. Life is never routine or dull for Rocamora. The intrigues start with his arrival in Amsterdam and do not end until he takes his last breath. Praise for Rocamora, 2012 Finalist International Book Awards “Rocamora is the best historical novel I have read, a fascinating story, well written with vividly portrayed unforgettable characters.” —Christiane Engel, MD, PhD, concert pianist, and member Board of Directors of her grandfather Albert Schweitzer's Hospital in Lambarene, Gabon “You have a fine historical novel.” —Barnaby Conrad, author of Matador, Manolete, and The Second Life of John Wilkes Booth

House of Rocamora Vincente de Rocamora Book 2 eBook Donald Michael Platt

An extremely well-written, well-researched Historical novel with a capital "H." While most of the characters are fictional, there are a handful of historical characters sprinkled throughout. While the novel does seem to start out slow, as some reviewers have said, it really grows on you. Rocamora and his family become old friends that you want to spend your evenings around the fire with, really engaging, and at times very touching. But what I liked best about the book, being a history buff myself, was the intimate, and intricate details about the customs and belief systems of 17th century Sephardim Jews living in Amsterdam. Highly recommended.

Product details File Size 999 KB Print Length 346 pages Page Numbers Source ISBN 1618070916 Simultaneous Device Usage Unlimited Publisher Penmore Press LLC (May 4, 2015) Publication Date May 4, 2015 Sold by  Digital Services LLC Language English ASIN B00X69FB5G

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House of Rocamora Vincente de Rocamora Book 2 eBook Donald Michael Platt Reviews

House of Rocamora is the continuing story of Vicente de Rocamora, former confessor to the Royal House of Spain and former candidate for Inquisitor General, now an exiled and self-circumcised Jew named Isaac.

Vicente has left Spain in his long journey to find himself and peace for his soul. He has lost all he holds dear and must start anew. He has traveled to Amsterdam in 1643, seeking to find a broad-minded society and to study his true calling, medicine. Although many question his desire to start a new career in his forties, they are also flattered to be acquainted with such an illustrious person and impressed by his intelligence and intensity. As years pass, Isaac de Rocamora does find a measure of harmony in his career and new family, but as with everything in his long life, tragedy intertwines with fulfillment, and at the last he finds himself again seeking his soul's peace.

This book is well-written, though it is a bit slow in the beginning, as Isaac is still unclear about his true path and does some wandering. It will help the reader to have read the first book in this series, Rocamora, to understand the impact of events happening in the early sections of this novel. The story picks up as Isaac begins to see his way and put his plans and ideas into action. I enjoyed both books in the series and look forward to the next, which I hope is not too long in coming.
My review courtesy of the Historical Novel Society.
House of Rocamora by Don­ald Michael Platt is a his­tor­i­cal fic­tion book tak­ing place in Ams­ter­dam. This is a sequel to the well received ASIN Roca­maora Man of Masks .

After escap­ing from Spain, Vicente de Roca­mara decided to set­tle in Amer­s­ter­dam, one of the few places he could prac­tice his newly found Jew­ish reli­gion. Set­tling in Hol­land, Vicente changed his name to Isaac and decided to achieve his life­long dream of becom­ing a prac­tic­ing med­ical doc­tor and start­ing a family.

House of Rocamora by Don­ald Michael Platt might not be as excit­ing as its pre­de­ces­sor (mean­ing there is no cas­tle intrigue or dar­ing escapes from under the Inquisition's nose) how­ever the account of the daily life of Isaac (pre­vi­ously Vicente de Rocamora) is just as an engross­ing read.

The book cre­ates a vivid pic­ture of the Jew­ish com­mu­nity in Ams­ter­dam. It was very inter­est­ing to read how the Jews lived and inter­acted with each other and the Dutch peo­ple at the time. The pro­tag­o­nist has become Jew­ish but not an obser­vant Jew and the com­mu­nity some­what resents him for that, add that to the fact that he was a priest and even con­sid­ered for the post of head of the Span­ish Inqui­si­tion and you can under­stand their mistrust.

This is an excel­lent com­pan­ion to Rocamora Man of Masks, how­ever I don't feel this is a stand­alone book. I enjoyed this book very much, but I don't think I would have enjoyed as much if I didn't read the pre­vi­ous book.

The his­tor­i­cal aspects and accu­racy of the book are fas­ci­nat­ing, intrigu­ing and as far as I can tell accu­rate. The char­ac­ters are three dimen­sional and real­is­tic. Mr. Pratt had imag­ined an amaz­ing life for an amaz­ing man, not much is known about Vicente de Rocamora, later to be known as Isaac Rocamora (you can view the entry in the Jew­ish Ency­clo­pe­dia).
After Rocamora I was eager longing for the sequel.
I congratulate the author. The sequel is even better than the original.
It was a pleasure to go through the characters described and follow up the arc of life of an outstanding personage.
It was fantastic how Rocamora faced and coped with all challenges in his lifetime.
This sequel like the first is astounding as to historical accuracy and the exploits of the characters, most of whom are fictional...I can't applaud the author enough who has a pedigree miles long in academia and authorship...What a TV series these 2 books would make. BBC are you there?

Larry Graubart (81)
Historical info was great. So that's how they lived at that time. I suspect it was fairly accurate so very educational. Read both books and found them very entertaining. Easy reading and you may want to just keep going.
An extremely well-written, well-researched Historical novel with a capital "H." While most of the characters are fictional, there are a handful of historical characters sprinkled throughout. While the novel does seem to start out slow, as some reviewers have said, it really grows on you. Rocamora and his family become old friends that you want to spend your evenings around the fire with, really engaging, and at times very touching. But what I liked best about the book, being a history buff myself, was the intimate, and intricate details about the customs and belief systems of 17th century Sephardim Jews living in Amsterdam. Highly recommended.