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Historia de una flor
by Claudia Casanova
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THE STORY OF A FLOWER /
Based on the life of Blanca Catalán de Ocón, the first Spanish botanist, this is a touching love story of a young daughter of aristocratic family in Teruel, and Heinrich Moritz Willkomm, a well-known German botanist, with the discovery of a new species of a flower in the 19th century Spain in the background.
It is the year 1879, Valle de Valcabriel, Teruel. Alba’s mother, Mercedes looks at the rugged mountains in Aragón and recollects her native Girona and also her boarding school in Switzerland. A long time has passed since she left Girona to marry Eduardo with whom she had two daughters. Both girls, Alba and Luisa, love nature and after long winters in Barcelona in their mother’s house they only dream of going back to Teruel. Once there, Alba will spend hours wandering across the valley, delighted to add to her collection of flowers and dreamy Luisa will write poems and chase butterflies. Mercedes firmly believes in freedom and education for women and, at her request, canon Bernardo Zapater will encourage the two girls to follow their scientific interests. One day Heinrich Moritz Willkomm, a German botanist arrives in the town. He is working on a book which will revolutionize botany and has been cataloguing flowers and species for years. Little by little Alba finds a soulmate in him and Willkomm falls head over heels in love with the resolute and intelligent Spanish girl.
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“An oasis of peace. Historia de una flor is so beautiful in its harmonious whole. It is a wonder how it is written, with the simplicity so similar to some flowers which do not need big leaves and bright colours to captivate you by their beauty and become your favourite. You are transported through its pages not even being aware of it, like lightning. Do not miss this marvel.” De lector a lector
“A novel which rescues from oblivion the figure of the Spanish botanist, Blanca Catalán de Ocón.” Librújula
“Since The Girl with a Pearl and Silk I have not read a novel so delicate and elegant.”
Lucia Martinez Cabanelas, Abc
Author Biography
Claudia Casanova (Barcelona, 1974) is a graduate in Economics and Translation. She began writing stories at the age of 12 and wrote two novels before graduating. Her professional career began in the publishing sector, first as a manuscript reader and translator and later as an editor. She is editor in Ático de los Libros Publishing House.
She is the author of historical novels. La dama y el león (Planeta, 2006) set in medieval France, has been translated into several languages. In 2009 she published La tierra de Dios (Planeta). She is a member of the American Historical Association and collaborates with other media, radio programmes and historical magazines. Her third novel is La perla negra (Ediciones B) set in the 12th century Narbonne in the south of France. Her latest novel Historia de una flor published in 2019 has been translated into Italian and German
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- Publication Date February 2019
- ISBN/Identifier 9788466664646
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2019
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