by José Manuel García Marín · Roca Editorial · tapa dura · ISBN 9788496791879
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«La escalera del agua» is the historical novel by José Manuel García Marín, published by Roca Editorial in hardcover, with 240 pages, in Spanish.
Ángel, a young man scraping a living on a farm in Las Hurdes, learns from his grandfather that he descends from Moriscos expelled from Granada in the 16th century who took refuge there to escape persecution. A tragic event forces him to flee to Toledo, where Franciscan friars give him shelter and education. The novel weaves together the mark of the past, overcoming adversity, and love in Toledo and Granada.
First edition published in February 2008. The action is set against the persecution and expulsion of the Moriscos between the 16th and 17th centuries.
For readers of historical fiction interested in 16th- and 17th-century Spain and episodes such as the expulsion of the Moriscos.
