Los cipreses de Córdoba

Synopsis of Los cipreses de Córdoba

«Los cipreses de Córdoba» is the historical novel by Yael Guiladi, published by Planeta-DeAgostini in hardcover (450 pages, in Spanish).

In the Caliphate of Córdoba in the 10th century, young Daud, educated in the sciences, serves Abd al-Rahman III and becomes an influential figure at court. His work continues in his son and grandsons, in a world of scholars, artists, warriors and Christian princes where the idea of an independent Jewish principality also emerges.

Second installment of the series «España de las tres culturas»; 1999 edition, translated by María Isabel Butler de Foley.

For readers of historical fiction who want to delve into medieval Spain and the world of the three cultures.