
La Dueña / The Landlady
A o 1069 de Nuestro Se or. Cristianos y musulmanes libran una lucha sin cuartel en Hispania, divididos a su vez en reinos y taifas arrasados por disputas intestinas. En ese mundo despiadado, Auriola relata a su nieto Diego la gesta de su abuelo Ramiro, caballero de frontera ca do en combate al servicio de su rey, mientras defiende sola la tierra que su esposo gan con la espada. Abuela y nieto deber n sobrevivir a las guerras fratricidas entre Navarra, Le n y Castilla, salvar el legado familiar y plantar cara a la brutal acometida de los almor vides.
Adem s de una obra que refleja en toda su crudeza y fascinaci n una poca determinante de Espa a, La Due a es un emotivo relato que llega al coraz n y que nos muestra c mo los grandes conflictos de la Historia afectan a miles de historias an nimas escritas con sangre y sudor.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
With more than 500,000 copies of her works sold, Isabel San Sebasti n returns with a thrilling adventure of courage, family, and honor about the key role that the women forgotten by the chronicles had in the Spanish Reconquista.
The year 1069 of Our Lord. Christians and Muslims wage a merciless fight in Hispania, at the time divided into kingdoms and taifas (Muslim factions) devastated by internal disputes. In this ruthless world, Auriola recounts to her grandson Diego the deeds of her grandfather Ramiro, a knight fallen in combat at the service of his king, while she alone defends the land that her husband won by the sword. Grandmother and grandson must survive the fratricidal wars between Navarra, Le n, and Castile; save the family legacy; and stand up to the brutal attack from the Almoravids.
In addition to a work that reflects in all its crudeness and fascination a decisive time in Spain, The Landlady is an emotional story that reaches our hearts and shows us how the great conflicts of history impact thousands of anonymous stories written with blood and sweat.
- Författare
- Isabel San Sebastián
- ISBN
- 9788401026348
- Språk
- Spanska
- Vikt
- 794 gram
- Utgivningsdatum
- 2023-02-01
- Sidor
- 472