Cathedral of the sea

About Cathedral of the sea

The “riveting”(The Washington Post) #1 international bestseller—now in paperback in the U.S.In the tradition of Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth, here is a thrilling historical novel of friendship and revenge, plague and hope, love and war, set in the golden age of 14th-century Barcelona. Arnau Estanyol arrives in Barcelona and joins the powerful guild of stone-workers building the magnificent cathedral of Santa Maria del Mar, while his adoptive brother Joan studies to become a priest. As Arnau prospers, he secretly falls in love with a forbidden woman. When he is betrayed and hauled before the Inquisitor, he finds himself face-to-face with his own brother. Will he lose his life just as his beloved cathedral is finally completed, or will his brother spare him?

Published:	12 Mar 2009
Pages:	752
Publisher:	Black Swan
ISBN 13:	9780552775564
ISBN 10:	97805527755