Cathedral by the Sea
Author: Ildefonso Falcones
Original title: La Catedral del Mar
Publication size: 11.5 x 18 cm
Number of pages: 736
Year of issue: 2023
ISBN: 978-5-389-22166-6
Publishers: ABC
Soft Cover
Language: Russian
The debut novel by Spanish writer Ildefonso Falconez, who instantly became an international bestseller. The book has been published in more than 30 countries and has sold more than 2 million copies and Falcones has won many prestigious literary awards; in 2018 a television series was made based on the novel.
The action is set in medieval Barcelona, the rich and prosperous capital of Catalonia. The fate of the protagonist, Arnau Estagnola, whose father, a fugitive servant, ended up here in search of freedom, fleeing from his master's arbitrary rule, is forever linked to this city. The cruelty of medieval manners and the lawlessness of the nobility, the fires of the Inquisition and the bubonic plague, intrigue and conspiracy, war, violence, hunger and blood, deception and betrayal, love and loyalty - all against the background of the construction of one of the world's most beautiful churches, Barcelona's Cathedral of Saint Mary by the Sea, the giver of power and light.
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