![]() An adventure against the clock to which is added the persecution by a mafia that calls itself the Green Band and the imperial eunuchs. After arriving in the Asian country, the young woman will discover that after her death the search for the treasure of the First Emperor could be hidden, whose tomb lies in the city of Xián. The story begins with the discovery of the protagonist, Ana, a Spanish teacher in Paris, of her husband's death in Shanghai. Everything under the sky (2006)Īsensi makes us travel to that China full of secrets and hidden treasures displayed on the epic map of All under the sky. Of all the books by Matilde Asensi, pilgrimage It is, more than a story as such, a perfect excuse to explore the towns and customs of an environment such as that of the Jacobean Route during the XNUMXth century. Through the eyes of the rebel Jonás, son of the militant Galcerán de Born, we know a The Santiago Way full of rites that the young protagonist sets out to fulfill together with an ancient Templar after making a promise to initiatory chivalry. After investigating his brother's research on the origin of the Yatiris sect and the Aymara language (so archaic that it could simulate computer language), Arnao proposes to travel to Bolivia to discover the origin of the curse that could have caused his brother's illness. The protagonist of the novel is Arnau, a hacker from Barcelona whose brother suffers from Cotard's syndrome (or denial syndrome). ![]() More exotic in character and set in our days, The lost origin, links past and present through a Adventure novel only. You still haven't read The last cat? The Lost Origin (2003) Of all the Matilde Asensi books, this is one of our favorites. Beside him, he finds pieces of wood that at first little make him suspect that they have to do with the Vera Cruz, whose pieces are being stolen around the world. The protagonist of this novel is Ottavia Salina, a nun who discovers seven Greek letters and seven crosses marked on the corpse of a young Ethiopian woman. The Last Cat (2001)Īnd nail sales of 1.25 million copies, one of the most successful books by Matilde Asensi it still continues to be a benchmark for lovers of contemporary historical novels. Travel back in time with Iacobus by Matilde Asensi. ![]() , who died after the execution of the Grand Master of the Templars. After leaving in search of certain books to translate and a young man with a mysterious pendant, the protagonist is warned by Pope Clement, who entrusts him with the mission of discovering the murderer of his predecessor, Pope Clement V and King Philip IV of France. The plot begins with the return to the Iberian Peninsula of Galceran de Born, monk of the Order of the Hospital, enemy of the Templars. Would you like to read The amber room? Iacobus (2000)įrom the present and the First World War, Matilde Asensi immersed us in the end of the crusades, more specifically in the dissolution of the Order of the Templars at the beginning of the fourteenth century. Despite suggesting a continuation in his epilogue, Asensi has not yet written a second part. An addictive plot that presents the one known as Chess Group, whose members search for the painting "The Amber Room", one of the canvases lost during the art looting carried out by Nazi soldiers in 1941 in Soviet countries. ![]() Matilde Asensi's literary debut came from the Plaza y Janés publishing house, despite being reissued by Planeta in 2006.
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