I received a copy of this book from Blogging for Books. I love a good historical fiction yarn that an author actually researches the period in which he sets his characters. While reading this book, I was transported to 18th century Spain. I highly recommend this book for readers who enjoy a strong f...
Caridad ist eine Sklavin, die auf der Überfahrt von Kuba nach Spanien plötzlich ihre Freiheit findet. In Spanien angekommen, weiß sie jedoch nicht, was sie tun soll und so schickt sie ein Padre nach Sevilla, damit sie dort in einem Kloster für Schwarze unterkommt. Doch ihr Schicksal führt sie zu Mel...
This is everything I love about historical novels and family sagas: big, sweeping, panoramic, enough history to understand the context, enough detail to put me in that time and place, characters that I care about, a little romance, a lot of adventure, and a satisfying ending. This caught my attentio...
Przez parę dni zastanawiałem się co napisać o tej książce. Z jednej strony dobre opracowanie materiału historycznego. Fakty z historii Barcelony umiejętnie wplecione w cała powieść. Jednakże jako powieść jest bardzo przeciętna, momentami naiwna. Zbieg cudownych wydarzeń wokół głównego bohatera konku...
The only thing that stopped this from being 5 stars for me was that it was overlong, and at times I wanted to just scan through the detail and get to the action, so to speak. However as a Muslim and a history buff I was aware of the Moors in Spain to a small degree, and this was therefore very educa...
The only thing that stopped this from being 5 stars for me was that it was overlong, and at times I wanted to just scan through the detail and get to the action, so to speak. However as a Muslim and a history buff I was aware of the Moors in Spain to a small degree, and this was therefore very educa...
This book is one of the results of my long wandering around the library. Ever since I've read The Shadow of the Wind and then other Zafon's books I wonder around Spanish corner to find something like those books. (No, I haven't succeed yet, but I won't give up.) During that time I somehow started to...
It is very important to know when you start this book that it is in fact based on the Chronica of King Pedro III. Although historical fiction, it closely follows true events in Catalonia during the 1300s under King Pedro’s reign. There is tons of history incorporated into the novel. At the same ti...
I bought Cathedral of the Sea because it was on a clearance shelf and was compared to Pillars of the Earth. It also didn't hurt that it is over 600 pages long and I am a sucker for in depth historical fiction. The novel is not really as centered around the building of the cathedral as PotE was and...
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