by Ildefonso Falcones · Debolsillo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788499088044
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«La catedral del mar» is the historical novel by Ildefonso Falcones, published by Debolsillo in paperback (672 pages, in Spanish).
In fourteenth-century Barcelona, Arnau flees the abuses of his feudal lord and settles in the Ribera neighbourhood, where the construction of Santa María de la Mar sets the city's pace. From humble trades, the young man rises to the nobility, but his prosperity stirs envy and a conspiracy brings him before the Inquisition. Loyalty, revenge, love and war intertwine with the life of medieval society.
First instalment of the «La catedral del mar» saga, continued by «Los herederos de la tierra». It won the 2006 Euskadi Silver Prize for best novel in the Spanish language.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and great sagas set in the Middle Ages.
Barcelona lawyer and novelist, author of Cathedral of the Sea and The Heirs of the Earth, major Spanish-language historical-fiction hits.
