La sangre de Colón
Un apasionante thriller que discurre entre el misterio del origen de Colón y las consecuencias del Descubrimiento
by Miguel Ruiz Montañez
Description
Álvaro, an expert historian in the life of Christopher Columbus, has been retired for years since he married a marquise, turned into a Sevillian young man. But his world collapses when his wife suddenly asks for a divorce. Ruined and cornered in an old ramshackle house, he refuses to give up and decides to fight for the woman he loves, who now lives with a Mexican millionaire. To get it back, he undertakes a risky strategy on TV sets, participating in programs from the heart.
When everything collapses around him, he finds a portrait of Columbus (whose true face is still unknown to this day), who appears by accident under a false painting in a box in the attic. This great discovery will allow him to resume his career as a researcher from the top and, also, with world notoriety, a new opportunity to win back his wife, the Marquise.
Everything gets complicated when the statue of the Discoverer is blown up in Columbus Circle, in New York, during the official presentation of the portrait. Álvaro will be hopelessly dragged into a spiral of events, forced to start a desperate race to regain his honor and be able to save his life ...
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Rights Information
World rights available, Spanish world rights sold to HarperCollins Ibérica
Reviews
«A very real enigma flies over this novel: why did Columbus do the impossible not to be portrayed in life? Ruiz Montañez finds a meaning to this question and proposes a plot to solve it as ingenious as it is surprising ». Javier Sierra
«Mystery, history, adventure and discovery come together in an unforgettable reading. Don't miss it ». Juan Gómez Jurado
«... A fast-paced action that does not give respite ... the reader will discover its mysteries ... and the reasons why the historical figure of Columbus is attacked. A disturbing story». Elvira Roca Barea
Author Biography
Miguel Ruiz Montañez has been a visiting professor for several American universities and, for the last decade has been an Associate Professor at the University of Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic. It’s precisely in this country that a large part of La tumba de Colón (Columbus’ Tomb, Ediciones B 2006) takes place. The narrative strength of the novel and its intricate plot represent a brilliant debut for the author, as it has been a successful seller and has been translated into a number of languages. His second novel El papa mago (The Wizard Pope, Martínez Roca 2008) a thriller based on the mysteries of the end of the first millennium, the mythic year 1000, has been translated into English, Italian and Russian, among other languages.
His novel El país de los espíritus (The Country of Spirits, Martínez Roca 2011), a literary voyage to the magic island, is an astonishing return by the author where his first novel took place, although this time around he presents the realities of an amazing country, Haiti, as unknown as it is fascinating.
His latest novel is La sangre de Colón (Columbus' Blood, 2020).
Copyright Information
© Miguel Ruiz Montañez, 2020
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- Publisher/Imprint HarperCollins / HarperCollins Ibérica
- Orginal LanguageSpanish
- ISBN/Identifier 9788491394808
- Publication Country or regionSpain
- FormatPaperback
- Pages480
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2020
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