Overview
La autora de novela histórica más leída de España regresa con su proyecto más ambicioso: la apasionante aventura que forjó la España moderna, la Reconquista.
Compostela, año 997 de Nuestro Señor. Almanzor, «el Azote de Dios», se dispone a destruir la ciudad del apóstol Santiago, faro de la Cristiandad hispana y destino de un camino de peregrinación secular. En medio de la confusión, Tiago, un humilde herrero, se separa de su mujer, Mencía, embarazada de una criatura. Ella consigue huir. Él es capturado y forzado a cargar junto con otros prisioneros las campanas de la basílica hasta Córdoba en un viaje plagado de peligros. Comienza así una aventura trepidante que obligará a Mencía a luchar por sobrevivir mientras Tiago intenta desesperadamente regresar a su lado.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The author of Spain’s most widely read historical novel returns with her most ambitious project yet: the exciting adventure that forged modern Spain, the Reconquista.
Compostela, year 997 of Our Lord. Almanzor, "the victorious", is preparing to destroy the city of Apostle Santiago, a beacon of Hispanic Christianity and destination of a secular pilgrimage route. In the midst of the confusion, Tiago, a humble blacksmith, gets separated from his wife, Mencia, who is pregnant with child. She manages to flee. He is captured and, along with other prisoners, is forced to carry the bells of the basilica to Córdoba on a journey fraught with danger. Thus begins a frenetic adventure that will force Mencia to fight for survival while Tiago desperately tries to return to her side.
Compostela, año 997 de Nuestro Señor. Almanzor, «el Azote de Dios», se dispone a destruir la ciudad del apóstol Santiago, faro de la Cristiandad hispana y destino de un camino de peregrinación secular. En medio de la confusión, Tiago, un humilde herrero, se separa de su mujer, Mencía, embarazada de una criatura. Ella consigue huir. Él es capturado y forzado a cargar junto con otros prisioneros las campanas de la basílica hasta Córdoba en un viaje plagado de peligros. Comienza así una aventura trepidante que obligará a Mencía a luchar por sobrevivir mientras Tiago intenta desesperadamente regresar a su lado.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The author of Spain’s most widely read historical novel returns with her most ambitious project yet: the exciting adventure that forged modern Spain, the Reconquista.
Compostela, year 997 of Our Lord. Almanzor, "the victorious", is preparing to destroy the city of Apostle Santiago, a beacon of Hispanic Christianity and destination of a secular pilgrimage route. In the midst of the confusion, Tiago, a humble blacksmith, gets separated from his wife, Mencia, who is pregnant with child. She manages to flee. He is captured and, along with other prisoners, is forced to carry the bells of the basilica to Córdoba on a journey fraught with danger. Thus begins a frenetic adventure that will force Mencia to fight for survival while Tiago desperately tries to return to her side.
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