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2014/09/02. Presentation of the book on Samuel Pallache, Dutch translation

Mercedes García-Arenal and Gerard Wiegers presented his book about Samuel Pallache in Amsterdam.

A translation to Ducht of the book about Samuel Pallache was recently published. Jew of Spanish descent born in Fez, Samuel Pallache was ambassador of the King of Morocco, then a spy and secret agent in the service of the Spanish merchant and double agent in Amsterdam and finally to London prisoner, accused of piracy. This book, already published in Spanish (Madrid: Siglo XXI, 1999; 2ª ed. 2007), English (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003) and Italian (Rome: Viella, 2013), has been presented in Dutch (Amsterdam: University Press, 2014).

The event was in the Portuguese Synagogue of Amsterdam, 2nd September 2014,  and joined in Mercedes García-Arenal, Gerard Wiegers, and some of the descendants of the family Pallache.

Can see here some photos.