Boktema fra A til Å #C

C var ikke noen enkel bokstav i boktema fra A til Å, men valget falt til slutt på Cathedral of the sea (norsk: Havets katedral) av Ildefonso Falcones. Grunnen er at jeg syntes den var underholdende og engasjerende lesning, og jeg liker den historiske settingen i tillegg. Jeg fikk kanskje en ekstra dimensjon til historien ved å lese den i Spania (vi var der 4 uker i 2010), og bo rett ved siden av katedralen som boka handler om like etterpå, men uansett, jeg likte boka, jeg! :)

Beskrivelse (fra bookdepository.co.uk):

This is a masterful eipc of love, war, treason, plague, famine, witchcraft, anti-Semitism and the Inquisition. 14th-century Spain, the medieval city of Barcelona is enjoying a golden age of prosperity. Its humblest inhabitants are building, stone by stone, a magnificent church to overlook their harbour. This is the Cathedral of the Sea: a church to be built for the people by the people. In its shadow, Arnau, a young serf on the run from his feudal lord, struggles to earn his freedom. After famine, plague and thwarted love, Arnau's fortunes begin to turn when King Pedro makes him a baron as a reward for his courage in battle. But he is also forced to marry Eleonor, a ward of the King whom he does not love. His newfound status excites jealousy from his friends who plot his downfall with devastating consequences. Arnau's journey from slave to nobleman is the story of a struggle between good and evil that will turn Church against State and brother against brother...

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