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Paperback La Babilonia, 1580 / Babylon, 1580 [Spanish] Book

ISBN: 8420470449

ISBN13: 9788420470443

La Babilonia, 1580 / Babylon, 1580 [Spanish]

En el esplendor de Sevilla acecha el terror.

Elogiada por Carmen Mola y Alicia Gim nez Bartlett, vuelve Susana Mart n Gij n, renovando el g nero negro con un thriller monumental y un secreto que pudo cambiar la Historia.

A o del Se or de 1580. Sevilla vive su momento de m ximo esplendor como capital del comercio entre el Nuevo y el Viejo Mundo.

La Flota de Indias de Su Majestad est a punto de zarpar cuando la piel arrancada del rostro de una mujer y su cabellera pelirroja aparecen ajustadas como un disfraz macabro al mascar n de proa de la Soberbia, el buque de guerra que abre el convoy. Pr xima al barrio portuario del Arenal, en una zona cercada por altos muros, se encuentra La Babilonia, el prost bulo m s cotizado de la Manceb a y donde ejerce Damiana. A pocos metros de all est el convento de las carmelitas descalzas, donde vive en clausura sor Catalina. Ambas fueron amigas en la infancia y se ver n unidas de nuevo a fin de averiguar qui n cometi tan brutal asesinato y por qu . Para hacerlo pondr n en peligro sus propias vidas, pero tambi n el secreto mejor guardado de la Corona.

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In the splendor of Seville, terror lies in wait.

Acclaimed by Carmen Mola and Alicia Gim nez Bartlett, Susana Mart n Gij n revives the noir genre with a monumental thriller and a secret that could change history.

The Year of Our Lord 1580. Seville is at the height of its splendor as the capital of trade between the New World and the Old.

His Majesty's Indies Fleet is about to set sale when the crew discovers the skinned face and scalp of a redhaired woman placed like a macabre mask over the figurehead of the lead warship, the Soberbia Pride]. Near the port district of El Arenal, shut in by high walls, is Babylon, the city's most exclusive brothel, run by its madam, Damiana. Just meters away is the Convent of the Discalced Carmelites, home to Sister Catalina. These unlikely childhood friends reunite to discover who committed the brutal murder, and why. In the process, they risk not only their lives but also the Crown's most closely guarded secret.

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