by Matilde Asensi · Debolsillo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497598033
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«El último Catón» is the mystery and adventure novel by Matilde Asensi, published by Debolsillo in paperback (640 pages, in Spanish).
Paleographer Ottavia Salina, a specialist at the Vatican Secret Archives, is tasked with interpreting marks tattooed on an Ethiopian corpse; alongside the body are wood fragments that could belong to the True Cross. With an archaeologist and a Swiss Guard captain, she travels through seven cities and faces trials inspired by the seven deadly sins until she finds the Catones.
First installment of the Catón saga; the novel was originally published in 2001 and this Debolsillo edition dates from 2003.
For readers of historical fiction, thriller and mystery with a religious backdrop.
Journalist and novelist from Alicante, author of Iacobus, The Last Cato and the Tierra Firme trilogy, specialising in historical adventure novels.
