La leyenda del ladron / The Legend of the Thief

Juan Gomez-Jurado

Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Country
Spain
Published
23 February 2021
Pages
664
ISBN
9788413142357

La leyenda del ladron / The Legend of the Thief

Juan Gomez-Jurado

Por el autor de Reina Roja y Loba negra.

Una aventura epica.

Andalucia, 1587. En medio de un pueblo arrasado por la peste, uno de los comisarios de abastos del rey Felipe II encuentra a un nino que aun se aferra a la vida. Arriesgando su carrera, lo rescata de las garras de la muerte y lo lleva a Sevilla, sin poder imaginar lo que acabara suponiendo ese acto. Una Sevilla en la que ricos y pobres luchan por sobrevivir.

Unos anos mas tarde, el joven Sancho se encuentra en las calles de una sociedad moldeada por la pobreza, la guerra y las intrigas. Abandonado a su ingenio y voluntad, crecera para convertirse en el defensor de los desfavorecidos y las causas justas, y junto a sus companeros tendra que enfrentarse a un desafio de cuya resolucion dependera el mismo destino de la ciudad de Sevilla.

Una historia que te cambiara para siempre.

La leyenda del ladron despliega en sus paginas una magistral historia de aventuras, esperanza y amor en la Sevilla del siglo XVI, en la que los protagonistas batallaran contra las injusticias y adversidades para encontrar su lugar en el mundo.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

By the author of The Red Queen and the Black Wolf.

An epic adventure.

Andalusia, 1587. In the middle of a town devastated by the plague, one of King Felipe II’s food commissioners meets a child who’s still clinging to life. Risking his career, he rescues him from the clutches of death and takes him to Seville, unable to imagine what that one act will end up meaning.

A Seville in which the rich and poor fight to survive.

A few years later, the young Sancho finds himself on the streets of a society shaped by poverty, war and intrigue. Abandoned to his ingenuity and will, he’ll grow up to become the defender of the underprivileged and just causes, and together with his colleagues he will have to face a challenge on whose resolution the very fate of the city of Seville will depend.

A story that will change you forever.

In the pages of The Legend of the Thief a masterful story of adventure unfolds, hope and love in Seville in the 16th century, in which the protagonists will battle against injustices and adversities to find their place in the world.

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