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portada Song of the Eight Winds: Reconquista - an Epic Tale of Medieval Spain
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Language
English
Pages
443
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9780957306219

Song of the Eight Winds: Reconquista - an Epic Tale of Medieval Spain

Peter Kerr (Author) · Oasis-Werp · Paperback

Song of the Eight Winds: Reconquista - an Epic Tale of Medieval Spain - Peter Kerr

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Synopsis "Song of the Eight Winds: Reconquista - an Epic Tale of Medieval Spain"

From the author of the bestselling Snowball Oranges series of Mallorcan travel books comes a substantial and compelling novel inspired by one of the most momentous and lastingly-celebrated events in the history of this enchanting Spanish island.It's 1229, the year of the Christian 'Reconquest' of Mallorca from the Moors, a Muslim people of Afro-Arabic origin who have ruled Spain in cultural splendour for five hundred years. Heading the Christian invasion is King Jaume I, the dashing 21-year-old ruler of the northern Spanish kingdom of Aragon, who sets out for Mallorca with a mighty armada of one hundred and fifty ships carrying some fifteen thousand foot soldiers and fifteen hundred cavalry.The helmsman of the royal galley is Pedrito Blànes, a strapping Mallorcan peasant of the same age as King Jaume. This is his story...Set against a backdrop of breathtaking Mediterranean scenery, described in the author's hallmark style which transports readers right into the heart of the action, an enthralling saga dictated by the vagaries of fate unfolds. The horror and brutality of battle is countered by the tenderness shown to Christian Pedrito in an unexpected encounter with two Muslim women - one older than him, the other younger - which reveals heart-rending aspects of his past and sows the seeds of a forbidden romantic relationship punishable by death.Yet there are threads of humour woven discreetly into this intense, action-packed yarn - a rare quality that puts Song of the Eight Winds in a niche unique within the genre of historical fiction.Here, then, is a book that will appeal equally to devotees of Mallorca, who will be fascinated by depictions of familiar locations as they existed in a bygone age, and to those who simply love to read a good story, entertainingly-told.

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