The historical fictions of George Molist They always have that epic aftertaste that goes beyond the merely referring to battles or conquests towards the essentially human. Because beyond the current profile of the king or queen of yore, what we readers of historical novels long for is the most accurate possible recreation of the will behind the character, of the regrets within the most regal gaze ...
A true and epic story. A woman who stood up to the three greatest powers of the XNUMXth century. A young admiral who astonished the world with his heroic victories. A fearless king who will be remembered as Peter the Great.
The day after crowning his wife Queen of Sicily, Pedro abandons her to attend a duel of honor in enemy territory, which will be a trap.
Constance, recently arrived on the island and with no government experience, he must wage a fierce war in defense of the Sicilians and their children. The three greatest powers of the century, France, the Mediterranean Emperor Charles of Anjou and the Pope, are determined to take over their little kingdom.
But he will also have to face Macalda, an ambitious courtesan who yearns for the throne and who will not hesitate to revolt the Sicilian nobility or seduce any man to achieve his goal.
At the same time, Roger de Lauria, the young admiral, will start a forbidden love with Suria, a dangerous woman from Almogávar, ahead of her time.
Meanwhile, betrayal and a devastating crusade await Pedro, with a power ten times greater than his own, which will cross the Pyrenees and invade the Crown of Aragon, destroying everything.
Jorge Molist recovers in this gripping novel an unjustly forgotten story that changed the destinies of Europe and opened the Mediterranean to the crown of Aragon and Spain.
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