by Marian Izaguirre García · Algaida Editores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498773576
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«El león dormido» is the historical novel by Marian Izaguirre, published by Algaida Editores in paperback (416 pages, in Spanish).
Journalist Pablo Ferrer, at a low point personally and professionally, agrees to interview an elderly woman who claims to have unpublished information about the Annual Disaster. She is Lucía Osman, sold as a child to a brothel in Melilla and captured by the Riffians; her testimony holds a secret that compromises military officers and the Spanish government of the time.
The novel won the IX Ciudad de Salamanca Novel Prize and belongs to the Algaida Literaria - Eco collection.
For readers of historical fiction, especially those interested in little-known episodes of Spanish history such as the Annual Disaster.
