The barefoot queen
Facing homelessness after the death of her master, Cuban former slave Caridad becomes a freedom fighter at the side of rebellious gypsy Milagros Carmona, with whom she confronts increasingly hostile elements in mid-eighteenth-century Madrid.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Crown,
2014.
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| Summary: | Facing homelessness after the death of her master, Cuban former slave Caridad becomes a freedom fighter at the side of rebellious gypsy Milagros Carmona, with whom she confronts increasingly hostile elements in mid-eighteenth-century Madrid. |
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| Physical Description: | 647 pages ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 0804139482 9780804139489 |
| Author Notes: | Ildefonso Falcones is a Spanish lawyer and author who was born in 1958 in Barcelona. His first novel, "Cathedral of the Sea" was published in 2006 and immediately hit the bestseller list. He studied at the College of Jesuits in San Ignacio Spain and earned a law degree. He practices law at his own law firm in Barcelona. He balances his time between work and his love of writing. His other written works include: La mano de Fatima and La Reina Descalza. (Bowker Author Biography) |
