Torquemada Burning at the Stake

Benito Perez Galdos created the prototype of the money lender: Shakespeare's Shylock, and Moliere's L'avare, and others are types; Torquemada, in contrast, is the incarnation of the usurer who burns alive for his sins. Yet he is redeemed by the sheer force of his paternal love. This translation is a veritable thriller!