by Albert Sánchez Piñol · La Campana · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496735835
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«Victus: Barcelona 1714» is the historical novel by Albert Sánchez Piñol, published by La Campana in paperback (608 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Martí Zuviría, a young man from Barcelona who trains as a military engineer with the Marquis of Vauban. It covers the War of the Spanish Succession and settings such as Madrid, Toledo, Tortosa, Brihuega and Almansa, up to the siege of Barcelona and the assault of 11 September 1714, questioning the official versions.
Spanish-language edition published on 28 April 2013, with flaps, in the Narrativa collection.
For readers interested in the War of the Spanish Succession and the history of Barcelona, with a narrative that combines historical rigour and fiction.
Albert Sánchez Piñol is a Spanish anthropologist, non-fiction writer and novelist writing in Catalan and Spanish.
