by Coia Valls · Columna CAT · tapa dura · ISBN 9788466411196
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«La princesa de jade» is the historical novel by Coia Valls, published by Columna CAT in hardback (360 pages, in Catalan).
In the year 551, Emperor Justinian sends an expedition from Constantinople to southern China to obtain the secret of silk. The mission includes the Nestorian monks Rashnaw and Tistrya, the weaver Xenos and his son Úrian. Three women from very different worlds —Empress Theodora, the nomad Najaah and Princess Yu— shape the travellers' fate in an adventure about love, risk and overcoming adversity.
Winner of the Premi Nèstor Luján de Novel·la Històrica. Part of the Clàssica collection from Columna CAT.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction set in late antiquity and the contact between Byzantium and China.
