by José Calvo Poyato · Plaza & Janés · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401334597
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«La orden negra» is the historical novel by José Calvo Poyato, published by Plaza & Janés in hardcover (397 pages, in Spanish).
The novel alternates three eras: Visigothic Toledo in the 8th century (a bishop guards a valuable object), Freiburg in 1934 (Otto Rahn, interested in the Grail, harassed by the Nazis) and Barcelona in 1940 (Himmler has a briefcase stolen at the Ritz hotel). In 2003, that briefcase reappears in the hands of a young historian.
Finalist for the 4th Ciudad de Torrevieja Novel Prize. Originally published in 2005. ISBN-10: 8401334594.
Aimed at readers of historical and suspense novels, with an interest in the mystery of the Grail, Nazism and episodes of the Second World War.
