by Henry Treece · Bibliópolis · tapa dura · ISBN 9788496173613
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«La isla de los espíritus» is a historical novel by Henry Treece published by Bibliópolis in hardcover (256 pages, in Spanish).
In Roman-invaded Britain, the Celtic princes Caradoc and Gwyndoc lead a desperate resistance against the legions of Emperor Claudius. Passions, vengeances and betrayals mark a struggle doomed to defeat, dragging the protagonists towards personal tragedy and the ruin of their way of life.
Work originally published as The Dark Island in 1952, in this 2006 edition with translation by Carlos Gardini. Second volume of the Bibliópolis Histórica collection and of the author's Celtic Tetralogy.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction set in the Celtic world and Roman Britain; Henry Treece, leader of the New Apocalypse movement, was an influence on authors such as Alan Garner, Michael Moorcock and Rosemary Sutcliff.
Henry Treece was a British poet and writer who also worked as a teacher and editor. He wrote a range of works but is mostly remembered as a writer of children's historical novels.
