by Antonio Martínez Menchén · Circulo De Lectores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788422651574
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«La espada y la rosa» is the adventure novel by Antonio Martínez Menchén, published by Círculo de Lectores in paperback (165 pages, in Spanish).
Set in the Late Middle Ages, the story begins when a former crusader soldier turned pilgrim arrives at a ruined monastery and meets a young man. Together they embark on a journey to Santiago de Compostela, and along the way adventure, pain, beauty, poetry, and misery intertwine.
1994 edition; ISBN 9788422651574.
For readers of adventure novels with a historical setting in the Middle Ages.
Antonio Martínez Menchén was a Spanish writer. He is best known for his work in children's literature. He began his career under editor Carlos Barral with the publications of Cinco Variaciones (1963) and Las Tapias (1968). He is most widely known for his children's book La espada y la rosa (1993). He was the father of poet Carlos Martínez Aguirre and brother of writer Andrés Sorel. Menchén was born in Linares, Jaén in 1930, and died on 7 January 2022, at the age of 91.
