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Synopsis
1748, Seville: Caridad, a recently freed Cuban slave, wanders the streets of the city. Her master is dead and she has nowhere to go. When she meets Milagro Carmona - a young, rebellious gypsy - the two women are instantly inseparable. Milagros introduces Caridad to the gypsy community, an exotic fringe society that will soon bring them love and change their life forever.
From the tumultuous bustle of 18th-century Seville to the theatres of Madrid, THE BAREFOOT QUEEN takes us into the murky world of tobacco smuggling and ther persecution of the gypsies.
Showing us the birth of Flamenco, it is a historical fresco filled with characters that live, love, fight and suffer for what they believe.
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Praise for Ildefonso Falcones' "Cathedral of the Sea"
"Believable and enthralling...So beautifully structured that the last sixty pages detonate like a string of firecrackers." -- Diana Gabaldon, "The Washington Post"
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"Fantastic...The passion and heartache, as well as the grit and grime, of medieval Spain come alive."--"USA Today"
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"""An exciting, very readable adventure novel, enriched by realistic descriptions."--"The Independent "(UK)
"[An] absorbing epic...Dizzying...Falcones's rich portrait of medieval society is fascinating."
--"Publishers Weekly"
"With "Cathedral of the Sea," Ildefonso Falcones...has become Spain's new Dan Brown."
--"El Mundo"
"Robust...Exciting...[This] multifaceted look at Gypsy life and morality is vivid and memorable."--"Booklist"
"Falcones' vivid portrait of gypsy culture--a proud, amoral and unabashedly sensual challenge to puritanical Spanish Catholicism--maintains interest as the plot twists on and on....Colorful...[With] a slam-bang finale."--"Kirkus "
Praise for Ildefonso Falcones' "Cathedral of the Sea"
"Believable and enthralling...So beautifully structured that the last sixty pages detonate like a string of firecrackers." -- Diana Gabaldon, "The Washington Post"
" "
"Fantastic...The passion and heartache, as well as the grit and grime, of medieval Spain come alive."--"USA Today"
" "
"""An exciting, very readable adventure novel, enriched by realistic descriptions."--"The Independent "(UK)
"[An] absorbing epic...Dizzying...Falcones's rich portrait of medieval society is fascinating."
--"Publishers Weekly"
"With "Cathedral of the Sea," Ildefonso Falcones...has become Spain's new Dan Brown."
--"El Mundo"
"
"
"Powerfully evokes the time and place."--"Publishers Weekly"
"Robust...Exciting...[This] multifaceted look at Gypsy life and morality is vivid and memorable."--"Booklist"
"Falcones' vivid portrait of gypsy culture--a proud, amoral and unabashedly sensual challenge to puritanical Spanish Catholicism--maintains interest as the plot twists on and on....Colorful...[With] a slam-bang finale."--"Kirkus "
Praise for Ildefonso Falcones' "Cathedral of the Sea"
"Believable and enthralling...So beautifully structured that the last sixty pages detonate like a string of firecrackers." -- Diana Gabaldon, "The Washington Post"
" "
"Fantastic...The passion and heartache, as well as the grit and grime, of medieval Spain come alive."--"USA Today"
" "
"""An exciting, very readable adventure novel, enriched by realistic descriptions."--"The Independent "(UK)
"[An] absorbing epic...Dizzying...Falcones's rich portrait of medieval society is fascinating."
--"Publishers Weekly"
"With "Cathedral of the Sea," Ildefonso Falcones...has become Spain's new Dan Brown."
--"El Mundo"
"
"
"Powerfully evokes the time and place." "Publishers Weekly"
Robust Exciting [This] multifaceted look at Gypsy life and morality is vivid and memorable. "Booklist"
Falcones vivid portrait of gypsy culture a proud, amoral and unabashedly sensual challenge to puritanical Spanish Catholicism maintains interest as the plot twists on and on .Colorful [With] a slam-bang finale. "Kirkus"
Praise for Ildefonso Falcones "Cathedral of the Sea"
Believable and enthralling...So beautifully structured that the last sixty pages detonate like a string of firecrackers. Diana Gabaldon, "The Washington Post"
""
Fantastic The passion and heartache, as well as the grit and grime, of medieval Spain come alive. "USA Today"
""
" "An exciting, very readable adventure novel, enriched by realistic descriptions. "The Independent"(UK)
[An] absorbing epic...Dizzying Falcones s rich portrait of medieval society is fascinating.
"Publishers Weekly"
With"Cathedral of the Sea," Ildefonso Falcones has become Spain s new Dan Brown.
"El Mundo"
"
""
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New big-canvas Spanish historical adventure from the internationally bestselling author of CATHEDRAL OF THE SEA and THE HAND OF FATIMA
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- PublisherBlack Swan
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 0552779725
- ISBN 13 9780552779722
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages896
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