by Antonio Martínez Menchén · Santillana Educación, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420407791
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«La espada y la rosa» is the historical adventure novel by Antonio Martínez Menchén, published by Santillana Educación in paperback (152 pages).
A sick and lost pilgrim arrives at a monastery at night. After the death of the Baron of Forner, his son Moisés loses his title and inheritance; helped by the Martín brothers and the old crusader Lord of Monsalve, he sets out into the world and discovers a secret that changes his life. Set in the Late Middle Ages, the novel combines pain and beauty, poetry and misery.
The work belongs to the Serie roja collection of children's and young adult literature; its first edition was published in August 2011.
Aimed at young readers aged 12 to 16, especially fans of historical and adventure fiction.
Antonio Martínez Menchén was a Spanish writer. He is best known for his work in children's literature. He began his career under editor Carlos Barral with the publications of Cinco Variaciones (1963) and Las Tapias (1968). He is most widely known for his children's book La espada y la rosa (1993). He was the father of poet Carlos Martínez Aguirre and brother of writer Andrés Sorel. Menchén was born in Linares, Jaén in 1930, and died on 7 January 2022, at the age of 91.
