“Totally fascinating, tragic and unforgettable, this is an untold story of female power, royal intrigues, high finance, civil war and antisemitism. Abrams' book superbly tells the astonishing rise of the richest woman in Plantagenet England, Licoricia of Winchester, whose unique independent career ended in her murder but is in so many ways relevant today.” – SImon Sebag Montefiore “Rebecca Abrams’ book is a beautifully written and compelling account of the life of the most important Jewish woman in thirteenth-century England. The book achieves the difficult feat of being easily accessible to general readers yet informative even to specialists. In the current moment, when the tragic history of the Jews in medieval England is attracting unprecedented popular attention, this book should find a wide and receptive audience.” – Robert Stacey, Professor of History, University of Washington