by Mika Waltari · Editora y Distribuidora Hispano Americana, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788435006323
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«Vida del aventurero Mikael Karvajalka» is the historical novel by Mika Waltari, published in hardcover by Edhasa (528 pages, in Spanish).
Mikael Karvajalka, a young Finn, travels across sixteenth-century Europe in a hazardous adventure. Along the way he encounters the rise of Erasmianism and Lutheranism, the rivalry between Charles V and Francis I, the spread of the printing press, and the sack of Rome. The novel reflects the complexity of European society of the time through his adventures.
First installment of the «Mikael» series by Mika Waltari, originally published in 1948 under the title «Mikael Karvajalka». This Spanish edition was published in 1998.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and for those who enjoyed «Sinuhé el egipcio» and «El Etrusco» by Mika Waltari.
Mika Toimi Waltari was a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel The Egyptian. He was extremely productive; Besides his novels he also wrote poetry, short stories, crime novels, plays, essays, travel stories, film scripts, and rhymed texts for comic strips by Asmo Alho.
