Las dos caras del sol

Synopsis of Las dos caras del sol

«Las dos caras del sol» is the historical novel by José Ignacio de Arana, published by Foca Ediciones in paperback (224 pages, in Spanish).

Andrés Velasco, a physician trained in Alcalá and Guadalupe, works in the Madrid of Philip III as an inspector of brothels. His friendship with Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Ruiz de Alarcón and Quevedo brings him close to the Court and to the corruption of the Duke of Lerma. Involved in a conspiracy against the favorite, he flees to Lisbon and then to New Spain.

Fifth title in the Novela collection from Foca Ediciones. The work was published on October 20, 2000.

For readers of historical fiction set in the Spanish Golden Age, with courtly conspiracies and literary figures of the period.