by Ildefonso Falcones · Debutxaca · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788419394040
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In 18th century Spain, a moving story of friendship, passion, and revenge unites two women in a song for freedom. Caridad, a black woman fleeing her past as a slave in Cuba, meets Milagros, a young gypsy from Triana. Amidst sarabandes and fandangos, Milagros confesses her love for Pedro García, a man separated from her by old family grudges. Caridad, for her part, tries to repress her feelings towards Melchor Vega, Milagros' grandfather. When a royal mandate condemns all the gypsies of the kingdom to proscription, the lives of Milagros and Caridad take a tragic turn. Their paths separate, but destiny will reunite them in a Madrid where smugglers and comedians, nobles and villains converge. Ildefonso Falcones transports us to an exciting era, marked by prejudices and intolerances, in a historical fresco populated by characters who live, love, suffer, and fight for what they believe is right.
Barcelona lawyer and novelist, author of Cathedral of the Sea and The Heirs of the Earth, major Spanish-language historical-fiction hits.
