Holidays, beach, swimming pool, sun loungers, eternal naps, free time ... Looking for the disconnection between the aperitif, football, ice cream and drinks. Memory exercises, other memories of other summers, of other times. And the freer mind to discover more stories.
These are 6 historical novels by 6 authors who know stories like Jorge Molist, Sebastián Roa or Carlos Aurensanz. But they are also David A. Durham, Javier Pellicer and Emilio Lara.
Rebellion - David A. Durham
This is the new book from the best-selling author The pride of Carthage. A new twist on the immortal figure of Spartacus, the legendary gladiator, and the slave revolt he led and nearly subdued Rome and her invincible legions. The American Durham, also an author of fantastic fiction, tells us what is possibly the most famous rebellion in history from different and opposing points of view.
They will be his own Spartacus, the gladiator whose determination and, above all, great charisma turn a prison break into a multicultural rebellion that will challenge an empire. Also from that of Astera, whose contact with the spirit world and its omens will guide the development of the rebellion.
We also see it with the eyes of Nonnus, Roman soldier who moves on both sides of the conflict in an attempt to save life. And from those of Laelia and Hustus, two shepherd boys that go with the slaves. And we see it from the Roman side, with Caleb, a slave in the service of Crassus, the Roman senator and commander tasked with crushing a supposedly simple slave revolt.
The clockmaker at Puerta del Sol - Emilio Lara
Lara, jiennese, doctor in Anthropology and graduate in Humanities, takes us to London 1866 and introduces us to the history of a man as real as unknown for most readers. It was Jose Rodriguez Losada, the Leonese watchmaker who built possibly the two most famous watches in the world, that of the Puerta del Sol and Big Ben.
In the novel, for political reasons Losada has exiled of the absolutist Spain of Ferdinand VII and now lives in London, where he will receive the urgent order of repair big ben. But there is also someone from his past who watches him to end his life. But meanwhile, José only lives and works to build a watch with a revolutionary mechanism. The question will be whether or not it will succeed.
Song of blood and gold - Jorge Molist
One of the greats of the historical genre is Molist and this novel has been Fernando Lara Award this year. In it he tells us the story of Constance, who at only thirteen years old, must abandon her family, her country and everything she loves to marry a stranger much older than her. His father, the king of Sicily, is in grave danger and needs that alliance. But Charles of Anjou, brother of the King of France, invades the kingdom and kills it.
Peter III, Constanza's husband is crowned King of Aragon and he promises to avenge his father and regain the kingdom to which she is heir. Pedro, considered a weak king, faces the three greatest powers of the thirteenth century: France, the pope and Charles of Anjou, turned Mediterranean emperor.
Hannibal Lions - Javier Pellicer
This Valencian writer presents his new novel where we go to Iberian peninsula from the XNUMXrd century BC. C. The leader of the Carthaginian armies is Hannibal Barca and in them many Iberian peoples congregate who have joined him. Hannibal wants to conquer Rome and, for this, will cross the Alps in the greatest feat achieved by man until then. There he will face Publius Cornelius Scipio and his legions, who will fall before him. For now ...
It is starred by three characters, each one more different: Leukon, a Celtiberian who joins the fight leaving his beloved behind; Alcon, a Saguntine Iberian harassed by the guilt of treason; Y tabnit, a Carthaginian officer who keeps an unspeakable secret.
The gambler king - Carlos Aurensanz
Another prominent name of the genre and author of the trilogy of Banu qasi, this Navarrese writer presents this new novel to us.
We are in the kingdom of Navarre in 1188. Tudela houses the Court and lives a moment of effervescence. The whole city is transforming after expelling the Muslims. The new collegiate church It is under construction and it is necessary to occupy the site of the old mosque. Nicholas, an apprentice stonemason of Burgundian origin, works on its demolition when the pavement seems to give way under his feet.
When he returns during the night he will discover a hidden crypt and, in it, apparently forgotten, a casket Muslim with a parchment inside. That will be the discovery that marks not only its own destiny, but that of everyone who knows of its existence, that of the kingdom of Navarre itself and, perhaps, that of all Christendom.
The she-wolf of al-Andalus - Sebastian Roa
Another great historical author, Roa is Aragonese by birth and Valencian by adoption, and has a long history of success.
In this novel we are mid XNUMXth century. The last great taifa of Al Andalus it is at its most splendid moment. And at the head of that kingdom are a man and a woman: the wolf king, a Muslim descendant of Christians and reached the throne on his own merits, hardened in frontier wars and faithful observer of his pacts with Christians; and your favorite, Zobeida, a woman of legendary beauty and intelligent, who seeks to fulfill a strange prophecy.
But across the Strait they are sharpening their weapons the Almohad armies, the military machine ruled by fanaticism that has left the African mountains for annihilate christians. Meanwhile, the Christians of the Iberian Peninsula seem more concerned with their rivalries than with uniting to defend lands. A) Yes, only King Wolf and Zobeyda stand between the invaders and the kings of the north.