by Federico Trillo-Figueroa · Espasa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788467065459
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«El censor de Shakespeare» is the historical novel by Federico Trillo-Figueroa, published by Espasa in paperback (440 pages, in Spanish).
In 1624, at the Seminary of San Albano in Valladolid, the Jesuit William Sankey decides whether to include in the Index of Prohibited Books the folio with 36 plays by his friend William Shakespeare. The commission imposes a moral dilemma on him. The novel evokes their parallel lives, the Catholic faith, the persecutions, and the political and religious struggle between England and Spain.
Subtitle: «¿Resurgirá Shakespeare cual ave fénix?». Published in June 2022 within the Espasa Narrativa collection.
For readers of historical fiction interested in Shakespeare, the Inquisition, and the relations between England and Spain in the Renaissance.
