by Joao Aguiar · Grijalbo · tapa dura · ISBN 9788425340369
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«El río sagrado» is the historical novel by Joao Aguiar, published by Grijalbo in hardcover (336 pages, in Spanish).
Set in the 2nd century BC, it narrates the advance of the Roman legions through the Iberian Peninsula and the resistance of the northwestern peoples. It follows Turio, a fragile boy with premonitory gifts, and his warrior brother, after the death of Viriathus and the fall of Numantia, until the encounter by the sacred river.
Translation by Rita da Costa. First edition in Grijalbo's Historical Novel collection.
For readers of historical fiction and literary fiction interested in pre-Roman Hispania and the Iberian resistance against Rome.
João Casimiro Namorado de Aguiar was a Portuguese writer and journalist. He spent his youth in Portuguese Mozambique.
