by Gilbert Sinoué · Folio · tapa dura · ISBN 9788441313446
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«El libro de zafiro» is the historical novel by Gilbert Sinoué, published in 2000 by Folio in hardcover (494 pages, in Spanish).
After witnessing the execution of Aben Baruel at an auto-da-fé, Manuela Vivero contacts a rabbi, an Abencerraje, and a Franciscan to decipher a complex cryptogram. The key must lead them to the hiding place of the Book of Sapphire, a text that could endanger the Church and the dynastic union between Castile and Aragon.
Edition from the Nueva Novela Histórica collection, with translation by Manuel Serrat Crespo. The original work, Le Livre de saphir, won the Prix des Libraires.
Readers of historical and mystery novels with a religious and political backdrop.
Gilbert Sinoué is a classically trained guitarist and author who has lived in France since the age of 19. He has won major French literary awards for his books, which are written in French. Many of his historical novels have become bestsellers.
