Lion Feuchtwanger
German Jewish author known for his highly successful historical novels set in ancient Rome, Renaissance Germany, and the Spanish Inquisition. His Jew Suss was one of the most widely read novels of the 1920s.
Works
- Jew SussHistorical novel of Jewish financier in 18th-century Württemberg
- The OppermannsNovel of Berlin Jewish family facing Nazi persecution and exile
- The Ugly DuchessHistorical novel of medieval Italian duchess and her ambitious life
- SuccessNovel of two writers competing for literary and political dominance
- Moscow 1937Novel about travels and observations during Stalinist Soviet period