The Rose of Fire
Set at the time of the Spanish Inquisition in the 15th century, “ Rose of Fire” tells the story of the origins of the mysterious labyrinthine library, the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, which lies at the heart of Carlos Ruiz Zafon’ s novels, The Shadow of the Wind, The Angel’ s Game, and now The...
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Set at the time of the Spanish Inquisition in the 15th century, “ Rose of Fire” tells the story of the origins of the mysterious labyrinthine library, the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, which lies at the heart of Carlos Ruiz Zafon’ s novels, The Shadow of the Wind, The Angel’ s Game, and now The Prisoner of Heaven.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781443418461 (1443418463)
Publish date: July 10th 2012
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 36
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Writing,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Books About Books,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Magical Realism,
Short Stories,
Spanish Literature,
Spain,
Gothic
Series: El cementerio de los libros olvidados
You can read my review on: http://dekleineboekendief.blogspot.com/2014/10/review-rose-of-fire-english.html
The Rose of Fire is 'book' #2.5 in The Cemetery of Forgotten Books series. A lovely short story by Zafón that was written to be a teaser for The prisoner of heaven but as with all the stories in the series, it doesn't really matter where you read it. It's set in Spain during the Inquisition and te...
This short story by Carlos Ruiz Zafón tells the story about the origin of The Cemetery of Forgotten Books. It's a great story. So why only 3 stars? Because It's a bloody short story and not a 300-500 pages thick book instead. It feels like reading a summary of a book. Mental n...
Nice little free back story on the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. I love this business of authors giving away stories set in the interstices between their novels.Free download
Just a quickie short story about the origins of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, an element central to Zafon's novels. Nothing particularly special, but it does include an excerpt of Prisoner of Heaven, which I cannot wait to get my hands on!