Cathedral of the Sea: A Novel
May 2008 · Sold by Penguin
4.3star
22 reviews
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About this ebook
An unforgettable fresco of a golden age in fourteenth-century Barcelona, Cathedral of the Sea is a thrilling historical novel of friendship and revenge, plague and hope, love and war.
Arnau Estanyol arrives in Barcelona to find a city dominated by the construction of the city’s great pride—the cathedral of Santa Maria del Mar—and by its shame, the deadly Inquisition. As a young man, Arnau joins the powerful guild of stoneworkers and helps to build the church with his own hands, while his best friend and adopted brother Joanet studies to become a priest.
With time, Arnau prospers and falls secretly in love with a forbidden woman. But when he is betrayed and hauled before the Inquisitor, he finds himself face-to-face with Joanet. Will he lose his life just as his beloved Cathedral of the Sea is finally completed, or will his brother save him?
MORE THAN TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE!
Arnau Estanyol arrives in Barcelona to find a city dominated by the construction of the city’s great pride—the cathedral of Santa Maria del Mar—and by its shame, the deadly Inquisition. As a young man, Arnau joins the powerful guild of stoneworkers and helps to build the church with his own hands, while his best friend and adopted brother Joanet studies to become a priest.
With time, Arnau prospers and falls secretly in love with a forbidden woman. But when he is betrayed and hauled before the Inquisitor, he finds himself face-to-face with Joanet. Will he lose his life just as his beloved Cathedral of the Sea is finally completed, or will his brother save him?
MORE THAN TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE!
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4.3
22 reviews
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July 22, 2011
Good read. I lot like Ken Follett's series. Takes place during the same time frame as Follett's second book, and follows a family over roughly 60 years. Some times the book drags, but it has its good page turner sections as well. I would recommend it.
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July 12, 2011
I did not finish the book so i may not be qualified for this. The story is good and writing is good. I believe I personally have out grown fiction that tries to cash in on manipulations of human emotions and suffering and virtue's triumph on the same. I liked what i read to the point that i read but did not find it engrossing enough to carry it to the end.
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July 3, 2012
Very good it is close to Ken Follett books. I would buy his next that is English. I could not put the book down until I finished and wanted more.
About the author
Ildefonso Falcones is a Spanish lawyer and the internationally bestselling and award-winning author of Cathedral of the Sea and The Hand of Fatima. With over seven million copies sold, his work has been translated into more than 40 languages worldwide. He lives in Barcelona with his wife and four children.
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