by Ildefonso Falcones · Debutxaca · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788419394040
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In 18th century Spain, a moving story of friendship, passion, and revenge unites two women in a song for freedom. Caridad, a black woman fleeing her past as a slave in Cuba, meets Milagros, a young gypsy from Triana. Amidst sarabandes and fandangos, Milagros confesses her love for Pedro García, a man separated from her by old family grudges. Caridad, for her part, tries to repress her feelings towards Melchor Vega, Milagros' grandfather. When a royal mandate condemns all the gypsies of the kingdom to proscription, the lives of Milagros and Caridad take a tragic turn. Their paths separate, but destiny will reunite them in a Madrid where smugglers and comedians, nobles and villains converge. Ildefonso Falcones transports us to an exciting era, marked by prejudices and intolerances, in a historical fresco populated by characters who live, love, suffer, and fight for what they believe is right.
Abogado y novelista barcelonés, autor de La catedral del mar y Los herederos de la tierra, grandes éxitos de la novela histórica en castellano.
