by Gisbert Haefs · Quinteto · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496333833
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«El jardín de Amílcar» is the historical novel by Gisbert Haefs, published by Quinteto in paperback (432 pages, in Spanish).
In ancient Carthage and Rome, a young Roman soldier investigates the death of an influential merchant in the garden of Hamilcar Barca, father of Hannibal. The investigation leads him into an intrigue that strains relations between both civilizations and has repercussions in Hispania.
The work appeared in 2006 within the Quinteto Bolsillo collection.
A read for those who enjoy historical fiction set in the ancient world and the tensions between Carthage and Rome.
Gisbert Haefs is a German writer in several genres and translator. He has written historical novels such as Alexander, won both the Deutscher Science Fiction Preis and Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis in science fiction, and placed at the Deutscher Krimi Preis for crime fiction. As a translator he worked on a much criticized effort at translating works of Jorge Luis Borges into German.
