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Victus: The Fall of Barcelona, a Novel
Albert Sanchez Pinol
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Description for Victus: The Fall of Barcelona, a Novel
Hardback. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FJ; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 232 x 41. Weight in Grams: 734.
A #1 international bestseller reminiscent of the works of Roberto Bolano, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, and Edward Rutherford-a page-turning historical epic, set in early eighteenth-century Spain, about a military mastermind whose betrayal ultimately leads to the conquest of Barcelona, from the globally popular Catalonian writer Albert Sanchez Pinol. Why do the weak fight against the strong? At 98, Marti Zuviria ponders this question as he begins to tell the extraordinary tale of Catalonia and its annexation in 1714. No one knows the truth of the story better, for Marti was the very villain who betrayed the city he was commended ... Read more
A #1 international bestseller reminiscent of the works of Roberto Bolano, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, and Edward Rutherford-a page-turning historical epic, set in early eighteenth-century Spain, about a military mastermind whose betrayal ultimately leads to the conquest of Barcelona, from the globally popular Catalonian writer Albert Sanchez Pinol. Why do the weak fight against the strong? At 98, Marti Zuviria ponders this question as he begins to tell the extraordinary tale of Catalonia and its annexation in 1714. No one knows the truth of the story better, for Marti was the very villain who betrayed the city he was commended ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780062323965
SKU
V9780062323965
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About Albert Sanchez Pinol
Albert Sanchez Pinol is a bestselling international author. His books have been translated into thirty-seven languages worldwide. He is an anthropologist by training and a writer by profession, and his works are well researched and historically illuminating. Victus is his fourth novel. He lives in Barcelona, Spain.
Reviews for Victus: The Fall of Barcelona, a Novel
"With extraordinarily gut-wrenching descriptions of bayonets, bloodshed and battle, and the terrors and tribulations inflicted upon besieged Barcelonians, Pinol makes real a tragedy that shaped Spain and Europe."
Kirkus Reviews "It is not often that you encounter a book that you feel will be read with the same fervor 100 years on but Albert Sanchez Pinol's fourth novel, an ... Read more
Kirkus Reviews "It is not often that you encounter a book that you feel will be read with the same fervor 100 years on but Albert Sanchez Pinol's fourth novel, an ... Read more