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In the tradition of Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth, here is a thrilling historical novel of friendship and revenge, plague and hope, love and war, set in the golden age of 14th-century Barcelona. Arnau Estanyol arrives in Barcelona and joins the powerful guild of stone-workers building the magnificent cathedral of Santa Maria del Mar, while his adoptive brother Joan studies to become a priest. As Arnau prospers, he secretly falls in love with a forbidden woman. When...

Snared between two cultures and two loves, one man is forced to choose... 1564, the Kingdom of Granada. After years of Christian oppression, the Moors take arms and daub the white houses of Sierra Nevada with the blood of their victims. Amidst the conflict is young Hernando , the son of an Arab woman and the Christian priest who raped her.

1748, Seville: Caridad, a recently freed Cuban slave, wanders the streets of the city. Her master is dead and she has nowhere to go. When she meets Milagro Carmona - a young, rebellious gypsy - the two women are instantly inseparable.

Nejnovější Falconesův román je fascinující výpravou do Barcelony dvacátého století, do doby, kdy nejen v katalánské metropoli vládla secese a dala tam vzniknout tolika unikátním stavbám, které obdivujeme dodnes. Mladý nadějný tvůrce keramiky Dalmau Sala nás díky své práci nezavede jen do těchto úžasných budov, ale mnohem dál: do světa lidí, z jejichž potu a mnohdy i krve se tyto stavby rodily. Mezi dělníky, kteří dřou za nuznou mzdu a neustálými stávkami často marně bojují o pro nás dnes samozřejmá práva. Vypravíme se s ním do temného,...