In the villages of the Alpujarras is the cry of rebellion exploded. Tired of injustice and humiliation, the Moriscos are fighting against the Christians that forced them to conversion. It is 1568. Among Muslim rioters stands a boy of fourteen incredibly blue eyes. His name is Hernando.
Born to be a cowardly act of brutality - his mother was raped by a morisca Christian priest - the young from mixed blood undergoes the rejection of its people. The revolt is his chance for redemption: thanks to his generosity and courage, won the esteem of fellow more or less powerful. But there are those who, moved by envy, plot against him. And when the fighting in the hell knows Fatima, a young girl with huge almond-shaped eyes blacks carrying a baby in her arms, must do everything possible to prevent the stepfather of it away. Thus began a long romance between Fatima and Hernando, a love thwarted by a thousand hardships and marked by a continual losing and finding oneself. But with the image imprinted in the memory of the girl mother, Hernando will continue to fight for their own destiny and that of his people.
Even when you look down into his life the young Isabel the Catholic ...
A great book! I have not read the cattefrale of evil, so to me author "unknown" even if not in name.
Historical novel, but it does reflect on the integration of 2 different cultures.
A love story but a story of life, of a people, a kingdom ...
Many pages that run fast ... twists, women, the depiction of cruelty and love sublime.
Remember thoughts ... ... the facts ... historical moment perhaps little known but crucial in the history of Spanish and European.
To recommend a book to read and, in many respects. offer me a coffee ... If you like what I write .... and to make the site live. Thanks
Most beautiful love story or the plot of the story?
And ... is there any situation (do not ask which one), in which you felt particularly involved, you feel you have experienced, first hand, albeit in a different context?
Both are beautiful. Also because as I said the book can be read in various ways.
No ... there are situations in anything except perhaps the stubbornness of wanting achieved a
I've read a few reviews because you convinced, for the plot, because you hit the title or the author's name for ...?