by Max Gallo · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420653167
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«La cruz de Occidente» is the historical novel by Max Gallo, published by Alianza in paperback (624 pages, in Spanish).
Bernard de Thorenc, a Provençal nobleman, lives through the religious wars of the 16th century: the struggle between Spaniards and Turks for the Mediterranean up to Lepanto, the Inquisition in Philip II's Spain, and the clash between Huguenots and Catholics in France, with the St Bartholomew's Day massacre. The novel shows the unreason of fanaticism.
Translation by Carmen Torres París and M. Dolores Torres París. First instalment of the series «La croix de l'occident».
For readers of historical fiction interested in the 16th century, the wars of religion and the Mediterranean.
Max Louis Jules Gallo was a French writer, historian and politician. He wrote over one hundred books. He served in the National Assembly (1981–1983), as Spokesperson of the Government under Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy (1983–1984), and in the European Parliament (1984–1994).
