by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez · Ediciones Perelló · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9791370190804
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El Papa del Mar (1925) is a compelling historical novel in which Vicente Blasco Ibáñez rescues the forgotten and fascinating figure of Pedro de Luna, the energetic and stubborn Pope Benedict XIII, protagonist of the Great Western Schism. From the palaces of Avignon to the coasts of Peñíscola, this work traces the portrait of a lonely and defiant pontiff who refused to resign even when the whole world turned its back on him. With his characteristic narrative pulse, Blasco Ibáñez combines historical rigor and epic breath to offer a story of power, faith, pride, and resistance in a Europe torn by religious and political ambitions.
