by Ildefonso Falcones · Grijalbo · tapa dura · ISBN 9788425340031
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«La catedral del mar» is the historical novel by Ildefonso Falcones, published by Grijalbo in hardback (669 pages, in Spanish).
Set in fourteenth-century Barcelona, the novel follows Arnau Estanyol, a serf who flees the abuses of his feudal lord and takes refuge in the city, where he works as a stevedore, soldier, and money changer. His social rise runs parallel to the construction of Santa María del Mar, in a plot of loyalties, betrayals, love, war, and plague under the threat of the Inquisition.
It is the first book in the «La catedral del mar» saga.
Barcelona lawyer and novelist, author of Cathedral of the Sea and The Heirs of the Earth, major Spanish-language historical-fiction hits.
