Falcones Ildefonso: Cathedral of the Sea

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A masterful eipc of love, war, treason, plague, famine, witchcraft, anti-Semitism and the Inquisition. 14th-century Spain, the medieval city of Barcelona is enjoying a golden age of prosperity. Its humblest inhabitants are building, stone by stone, a magnificent church to overlook their harbour. This is the Cathedral of the Sea: a church to be built for the people by the people. In its shadow, Arnau, a young serf on the run from his feudal lord, struggles to earn his freedom. After famine, plague and thwarted love, Arnau's fortunes begin to turn when King Pedro makes him a baron as a reward for his courage in battle. But he is also forced to marry Eleonor, a ward of the King whom he does not love. His newfound status excites jealousy from his friends who plot his downfall with devastating consequences. Arnau's journey from slave to nobleman is the story of a struggle between good and evil that will turn Church against State and brother against brother... 14. Jahrhundert in Spanien: Die Landbevölkerung stöhnt unter dem Joch der Feudalherren. Barcelona jedoch ist frei. Und Barcelona ist reich. Hier macht der junge Arnau seinen Weg vom mittellosen Steinträger zu einem der angesehensten Bürger der Stadt. Er ist Teil eines unerhörten Plans: die Errichtung einer Kathedrale, die den Himmel stürmen soll.A spellbinding drama set against the sprawling canvas of the medieval age in Spain. Cathedral of the Sea - Falcones Ildefonso z kategorie Knihy | Cizojazyčná literatura | English literature | Fiction and Literature od Transworld Publishers naleznete ne e-shopu KnihyDobrovsky.cz!