by Ildefonso Falcones · Pocket · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782266259927
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«La reina a los pies descalzos» is the historical novel by Ildefonso Falcones, published by Pocket in paperback (1019 pages, in French).
In 1748, Caridad, a Black woman freed from slavery in Cuba, arrives in Seville and is taken in by a gypsy community. She befriends Milagros Carmona, a young woman passionate about dance, and meets her grandfather Melchor, protector of his people. A royal decree expelling gypsies from Spain puts Caridad and Milagros in danger.
Work originally published in Spanish as «La reina descalza»; the French edition is titled «La Reine aux pieds nus» and is a translation by Marie Vila Casas.
For readers of historical fiction and stories set in eighteenth-century Spain.
Barcelona lawyer and novelist, author of Cathedral of the Sea and The Heirs of the Earth, major Spanish-language historical-fiction hits.
