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One of NPR's 50 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of the Decade: A fifteenth-century palace mapmaker must hide his powers in the time of the Inquisition . . .
Award-winning author G. Willow Wilson's debut novel Alif the Unseen was an NPR and Washington Post Best Book of the Year and established her as a vital American Muslim literary voice. Now she delivers The Bird King, an epic journey set during the reign...
Award-winning author G. Willow Wilson's debut novel Alif the Unseen was an NPR and Washington Post Best Book of the Year and established her as a vital American Muslim literary voice. Now she delivers The Bird King, an epic journey set during the reign...
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Widely hailed as a revelation of a "lost" golden age, this history brings to vivid life the rich and thriving culture of medieval Spain where, for more than seven centuries, Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an atmosphere of tolerance, and literature, science, and the arts flourished. of photos. 3 maps.
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Continúa la más importante saga templaria de los últimos tiempos. En la Encomienda del Masdéu, en el Rosselló, tiene lugar un macabro descubrimiento: tres cadáveres surgen de una tumba anónima de forma casual. Jacques el Bretón, retirado en la Encomienda desde hace varios años, se apresura a pedir a Guillem de Montclar que acuda en su auxilio. Nadie parece conocer la identidad de los cuerpos, pero el hallazgo remueve viejas conciencias en...
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En 1271 una serie de asesinatos tienen en jaque a la Orden de los Templarios. Guillem de Montclar, protagonista de La sombra del templario, ser? el encargado de resolver el misterio. 1271. Guillem de Montclar regresa a Catalunya. La Orden le pide un trabajo: saber que ocurri? con Serpentarius, m?s conocido como Roger de Lot, un constructor de la Orden que cien a?os atr?s desapareci? sin dejar rastro. Se sabe que se levantaba con el sol y se acostaba...
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La historia de una época de esplendor y cultura.
Una historia de amor y de luchas familiares.
La historia de la construcción de la Alhambra de Granada
Una historia de amor y de luchas familiares.
La historia de la construcción de la Alhambra de Granada
Corre el año 1002. Tras la muerte del padre, la familia Nagrela llega a Córdoba, capital de Al Ándalus y la ciudad más grande del mundo. Allí establecen su negocio de plantas medicinales y remedios de espagírica. Samuel Nagrela, el segundo varón de la familia, cultiva
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This remarkable story from the past is especially timely today. Filmed in Cordoba, Granada, Seville, and Toledo, this film retraces the 800 years in medieval Spain when Muslims, Christians, and Jews forged a common cultural identity that frequently transcended their religious differences, revealing what made this rare and fruitful collaboration possible, and what ultimately tore it apart.
15) El Cid
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Eleventh-century Spain is divided into Christian kingdoms and Moorish strongholds. The young Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, who has been dubbed El Cid by his followers, vows to see his country at peace, free from the invader. Showing clemency to some emirs, he faces treason charges at court. His accuser, Gomez, father of his fiancee, Chimene, dies in the resulting duel. Chimene's avowed vengeance plot fails and Rodrigo is given her hand. When King Ferdinand...
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