by Ildefonso Falcones · Sijthoff · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789021810300
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«De kathedraal van de zee» is the historical novel by Ildefonso Falcones, published by Sijthoff in paperback (686 pages, in Dutch).
The action takes place in fourteenth-century Barcelona and follows Arnau, son of a serf who flees the countryside to take refuge in the city. There he grows up as a free man and takes part in the construction of Santa María del Mar; his rise as a soldier and money changer arouses envy that eventually pits him against the Inquisition and his foster brother, Joan.
First instalment of the «La catedral del mar» saga, in a Dutch translation by Marleen Eijgenraam. The original Spanish work was published in 2006.
For readers of historical fiction and medieval fiction seeking an extensive work set in fourteenth-century Barcelona.
Barcelona lawyer and novelist, author of Cathedral of the Sea and The Heirs of the Earth, major Spanish-language historical-fiction hits.
