by Albert Sánchez Piñol · La Campana · tapa dura · ISBN 9788496735804
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«Victus» is the historical novel by Albert Sánchez Piñol, published by La Campana in hardback (608 pages, in Catalan).
The novel follows Martí Zuviría, a young man from Barcelona and an outstanding pupil of the Marquis of Vauban, who ends up becoming a genius of military engineering during the War of the Spanish Succession. The story passes through Madrid, Toledo, Tortosa and the battles of Brihuega and Almansa, up to the siege and bombardment of Barcelona, which fell on 11 September 1714. The work questions the official versions and gives voice both to General Villarroel and to anonymous civilians and soldiers.
First edition, first printing. Belongs to La Campana's Narrativa Catalana collection. Published on 14 March 2013.
Albert Sánchez Piñol is a Spanish anthropologist, non-fiction writer and novelist writing in Catalan and Spanish.
