Tiempos de esperanza
by Emilio Lara
Description
Times of Hope. 1212, Europe is in a state of turmoil when a mixed band of crusader children advances through the kingdom of France, led by the shepherd boy Stephen of Cloyes in a feverish and jubilant atmosphere. Its objective is Jerusalem, which they intend to liberate with no weapons, with the sole strength of faith. Meanwhile in Seville, the Almohad Caliph al-Nasir prepares a powerful army to march on Rome, which lives in fear. He has sworn that his horses will drink from the Vatican fountains. Religious
fervor is mixed with hatred of the other, of the different. And the Jews
are brutally persecuted, robbed and massacred. Just as some children
of that historic and impassioned crusade will be. Among those children
is Juan, son of a Castilian nobleman killed in an ambush, with his companions Pierre and Philippe. His steps will meet those of other walkers: Raquel and Esther, women who are fleeing from anti-Semitic hatred and who only have each other; or Francesco, a priest of the Holy See who wants to save souls and bodies ... and who will find his own salvation through love.
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Author Biography
Emilio Lara (Jaén, 1968) is a doctor of anthropology and a professor
of geography and history. He has published several history books and
dozens of articles in university journals and research centers in Spain,
Italy and France. He has participated in the creation of the Royal Academy
of History’s Spanish Biographical Dictionary. He has also been
recognized with several awards in literature, history and journalism. He
is the author of the historical novels La cofradía de la Armada Invencible
(2016) and El relojero de la Puerta del Sol (2017), with which he won the
XXIV Premio de la Crítica de Andalucía and the XIX Premio de Novela
Histórica Ciudad de Cartagena, and Tiempos de esperanza, winner of the
Premio Edhasa Narrativas HIstóricas.
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- Publisher Edhasa
- Orginal LanguageSpanish
- ISBN/Identifier 9788435063418
- Publication Country or regionSpain
- FormatHardback
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Edition2nd edition
- Copyright Year2019
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