Grand Inquisitor: Being an Account of Cardinal Ximenez de Cisneros and His Times is a 1940 biographical work by Walter Starkie, detailing the life of Francisco Ximénez de Cisneros. It explores his rise as a Franciscan friar, Queen Isabella’s confessor, Grand Inquisitor, and Regent of Spain, highlighting his role in the Spanish Inquisition, the conversion of Spanish Muslims, and the founding of the University of Alcalá.