by Felix Machuca · Algaida Editores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788491896845
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«Cuaresma de sangre» is the historical novel by Félix Machuca, published by Algaida Editores in hardback (416 pages, in Spanish).
Seville, 17th century. Domingo Congo is a bailiff of the Black community. After receiving a tip that something serious will happen during Lent, he uncovers a plot of Portuguese interests to promote a revolt against Philip IV on Maundy Thursday 1641. The novel blends documentary rigour and fiction in a portrait of slavery and the decline of Seville.
The novel won the 54th Ateneo de Sevilla Novel Prize and belongs to the Algaida Literaria collection.
For readers of historical fiction set in 17th-century Spain and for those seeking political intrigues and characters from Seville of the era.
