by Manuel Alfonseca · Noguer Y Caralt Editores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788427931893
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«El rubí del Ganges» is the young adult adventure novel by Manuel Alfonseca, published by Noguer Y Caralt Editores in paperback (136 pages, in Spanish).
In British colonial India, John, a twelve-year-old English boy, lives with his father at the Lucknow garrison and enjoys wandering the city in disguise. When the 1857 revolt breaks out, with the help of the holy man Svapiti he rescues an orphaned English girl, and both end up playing a decisive role in events.
It belongs to the Cuatro Vientos collection (number 70), with illustrations by Juan Agustín Acosta and the Lazarillo Prize in 1988; 1990 edition.
For young readers aged 11 to 15, an adventure set in colonial India combining history and action.
Manuel Alfonseca is a Spanish writer and university professor. He is the son of the painter and sculptor Manuel Alfonseca Santana.
