A novel based loosely on the life of the Turkish-born 17th-century Jew, Shabbatai Zevi. Hailed as the Messiah, forced to convert to Islam, five times married, he is an eccentric and exotic character. In 1970 the author won the Booker Prize for her fourth novel, The Elected Member.
- ISBN10 0241124816
- ISBN13 9780241124819
- Publish Date 12 February 1990
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 September 1994
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint Hamish Hamilton Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English