The Horse Healer: A Novel
by:
Gonzalo Giner (author)
Format: kindle
ISBN:
9781480444607 (148044460X)
ASIN: B00Q5UWO30
Publish date: 2015-04-14
Publisher: Grupo Planeta
Pages no: 564
Edition language: English
"The Horse Healer" is the story of Diego, a 13th Century Spanish boy, who has a gift for working with horses. His father is killed and his sisters kidnapped during the so-called Moorish occupation, and he escapes on his beloved Arabian mare, Sabba, determined to find them and defend their honor. In ...
After reading the book’s synopsis I thought I would be in deep trouble; over complicated historic novels have a tendency to click a switch of understanding off in my brain. Weird, long names confuse me. Novels are like my food; if I have to fight with it, then all joy is taken out of it. Feel free t...
Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley. I wanted to like this I really did. I should note that I read a translation, so maybe the original is much better in terms of style. So let’s start with the bad and end with the good because there is some good in this...