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, and Falcones became a laureate of many prestigious literary awards; In 2018, a television series was shot on the novel.

The action takes place 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 the owner, was forever connected 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, wars, 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, Barcelona Cathedral of St. Maria At the sea giving strength and light.