The “riveting”(The Washington Post) #1 international bestseller—now in paperback in the U.S. In the tradition of Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth, here is a thrilling historical novel of friendship and revenge, plague and hope, love and war, set in the golden age of 14th-century Barcelona. Arnau Estanyol arrives in Barcelona and joins the powerful guild of stone-workers building the magnificent cathedral of Santa Maria del Mar, while his adoptive brother Joan studies to become a priest. As Arnau prospers, he secretly falls in love with a forbidden woman. When he is betrayed and hauled before the Inquisitor, he finds himself face-to-face with his own brother. Will he lose his life just as his beloved cathedral is finally completed, or will his brother spare him?

Cathedral of the Sea

Literature & Fiction

Ildefonso Falcones

Contemporary

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1564, Granada. The Moors have unsuccessfully tried to rise up against their Christian oppressors and have painted the town in victims' blood. Our hero Hernando, an Arab with a Christian father, is despised by the townsfolk and by his step-father for his 'tainted' heritage and banished to live in the stables. Hernando

The Hand of Fatima

Genre Fiction

Cathedral Of The Sea

An English-language translation of a best-selling work in Spain follows the fortunes of the Estanyol family in medieval Barcelona, whose rise from peasantry is marked by their stoneworker son's role in building the Santa Maria del Mar cathedral and his forbidden love for a Jewish woman. 50,000 first printing.

Penguin Group

In the tradition of Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth, Falcones pens a thrilling historical novel of friendship and revenge, plague and hope, love and war, set in the golden age of 14th-century Barcelona.

Cathedral of the sea

Black Swan.

A romantic and thrilling historical adventure from the internationally bestselling author whose work Diana Gabaldon has called "Enthralling".Spain, 1748. Caridad is a recently freed Cuban slave wandering the streets of Seville. Her master is dead and she has nowhere to go. When, by chance, she meets Milagros Carmona—a spellbinding, rebellious gypsy—the two women become inseparable. Caridad is swept into an exotic fringe society full of romance and art, passion and dancing. But their way of life changes instantly when gypsies are declared outlaws by royal mandate and their world as a free people becomes perilous. The community is split up—some are imprisoned, some forced into hiding, all fearing for their lives. After a dangerous separation, Caridad and Milagros are reunited and join in the gypsies’ struggle for sovereignty against the widespread oppression. It’s a treacherous battle that cannot, and will not, be easily won. From the bustle of Seville to the theatres of Madrid, The Barefoot Queen is an unforgettable historical fresco filled with characters that live, suffer, and fight for the lives of those they love, and for the freedom they can’t live without.

BAREFOOT QUEEN, THE

Transworld Publishers, Ltd

At last: The international bestseller— which has already sold nearly 2 million copies worldwide—comes to America! Cathedral of the Sea, Ildefonso Falcones’s mesmerizing historical novel about medieval Barcelona, was Spain’s #1 bestseller for a full year. Rights have sold in thirtytwo countries to date, and comparisons to Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth are being made. Who better to bring you this international sensation than Follett’s own publisher? Cathedral of the Sea follows the fortunes of the Estanyol family, from their peasant roots to a son, Arnau, who flees the land only to realize spectacular wealth and devastating problems. During Arnau’s lifetime Barcelona becomes a city of light and darkness, dominated by the construction of the city’s great pride—the cathedral of Santa Maria del Mar—and by its shame, the deadly Inquisition. A s a young man, Arnau joins the powerful guild of stone-workers and helps to build the church with his own hands, while his best friend and adopted brother Joan studies to become a priest. When Arnau, who secretly loves a forbidden Jewish woman named Mar, is betrayed and hauled before the Inquisitor, he finds himself faceto- face with his own brother. Will he lose his life just as his beloved Cathedral of the Sea is finally completed? An unforgettable fresco of a golden age in fourteenth-century Barcelona, Cathedral of the Sea is a story of friendship and revenge, of love and war.

Cathedral of the Sea--Collector's and Library Edition

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Das Lied der Freiheit

C.Bertelsmann Verlag

Die Kathedrale des Meeres

Argon,[

En enero de 1748, una mujer negra deambula por las calles de Sevilla. Atras ha dejado un pasado de esclavitud en la lejana Cuba, el hijo al que nunca volvera a ver y un largo viaje en barco hasta las costas espanolas. Caridad ya no tiene un amo que le de ordenes, pero tampoco un lugar donde cobijarse cuando se cruza en su camino Milagros Carmona, una joven gitana de Triana por cuyas venas corre la sangre de la rebeldia y el arte de los de su raza.Las dos mujeres se convierten en inseparables y, entre zarabandas y fandangos, la gitana confiesa a su nueva amiga su amor por el apuesto y arrogante Pedro Garcia, de quien la separan antiguos odios entre ambas familias. Por su parte, Caridad se esfuerza por acallar el sentimiento que esta naciendo en su corazon hacia Melchor Vega, el abuelo de Milagros, un hombre desafiante, bribon y seductor aunque tambien firme defensor del honor y la lealtad para con los suyos.Pero cuando un mandato real convierte a todos los gitanos en proscritos, la vida de Milagros y Caridad da un tragico vuelco. Aunque sus caminos se separan, el destino volvera a unirlas en un Madrid donde confluyen contrabandistas y comicos, nobles y villanos; un Madrid que se rinde a la pasion que emana de las voces y bailes de esa raza de principes descalzos.Ildefonso Falcones nos propone un viaje a una epoca apasionante, tenida por los prejuicios y la intolerancia.Desde Sevilla hasta Madrid, desde el tumultuoso bullicio de la gitaneria hasta los teatros senoriales de la capital, los lectores disfrutaran de un fresco historico poblado por personajes que viven, aman, sufren y pelean por lo que creen justo. Fiel reflejo de unos hombres y mujeres que no agacharon la cabeza y que alzaron la voz para enfrentarse al orden establecido.

La reina descalza (Spanish Edition)

Grijalbo

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