by Asun Balzola · EDICIONES SM · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788434872721
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«Simonetta, Siena y Oro» is the historical novel by Asun Balzola, published by Ediciones SM in paperback (146 pages, in Spanish).
Simonetta, orphaned of her mother and heiress to the duchy of Briganza, turns fifteen on March 14, 1339, when her father entertains the envoy of the German emperor. Looking in the mirror, she believes herself the most beautiful maiden in Tuscany, but her life takes a turn and her beauty and status do not protect her; the novel follows her flight with her beloved.
Second installment of the El navegante series, published on May 17, 2002. The recommended reading age is 11 to 14 years.
For young readers interested in the Middle Ages and stories set in fourteenth-century Italy.
Asunción Balzola Elorza, better known as Asun Balzola, was a Spanish autodidact illustrator, writer and translator. After partially recovering from a severe car crash, she studied painting and graphic arts at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid. Balzola worked in advertising and graphic design, in addition to her work in the fine arts. Among other awards, she received the Lazarillo Prize for her illustrations and has twice earned the Spanish National Illustration Prize.
