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The Barefoot Queen: A Novel

by: Ildefonso Falcones (author)

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Format: hardcover

ISBN: 9780804139489 (0804139482)

ASIN: 0804139482

Publish date: 2014-11-25

Pages no: 640

Edition language: English

Category:

Literature, European Literature, Historical Fiction, Spanish Literature, 18th Century, Fiction, Historical

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I'd been looking forward to read The Barefoot Queen as I'd been told what a great writer Ildefonso Falcones is many times before. Somehow, I still haven't his first book I remember translated, but I really had high hopes for this one. Caridad, a Cuban slave freed on the death bed of her master, ar...

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Fantastic! EXPLOSIVE! Stunning!! I never wanted this powerfully moving, historical tale of gypsy tradition and struggle to end. Absolutely LOVED The Barefoot Queen!! Ildefonso Falcones is a brilliant storyteller and this beautiful story is most definitely one of the BEST books I've ever read. Seriou...

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Caridad, Melchor Vega, Ana Vega, and Milagros Carmona all seem to have nothing but bad luck. That or author Falcones likes nothing better than to create characters and then torture them for almost 700 pages. As The Barefoot Queen rolls along, there is poverty, injustice, imprisonment, slavery, rape,...

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