Cathedral by the sea. Falcones I.

The debut novel of the Spanish writer Ildeffonso Falcones, who instantly became the world bestseller. The book was published in more than 30 countries, and its circulation exceeded 2 million copies; In 2018, a television series was shot in the book. “Cathedral by the sea” is an exciting historical novel, the action of which unfolds in a medieval Barcelona, ​​a rich and prosperous capital of Catalonia. The fate of the protagonist, Arnaau Estagnol, whose father, the fugitive serv, was here in search of freedom, fleeing from the arbitrariness of his owner, was forever united with this city. The cruelty of medieval morals and lawlessness of the nobility, the bonfires of the Inquisition and the Bubon Plague, intrigues and conspiracies, war, violence, hunger and blood, deception and betrayal, love and fidelity - all this against the background of the construction of one of the most beautiful temples in the world - the Barcelona Cathedral of the Holy Cathedral Mary by the sea, giving strength and light.