A Light In The Abbey
(Juan Manuel Fernández Herrero)
A LIGHT IN THE ABBEY is a historical novel of intrigue, ceaseless action, verified data and mysteries still unsolved centred in the Abbey of Santa María de Montserrat, the most relevant monastery in Spain. From first to the last page, the attention of the reader will feel caught by the fortunes and misfortunes of Sandra Rialc i Codony, the young, sagacious and attractive professor of History of the University of Barcelona, that will become involuntarily involved in a fascinating and dangerous historical and religious enigma that she will try to solve after centuries of superstition and intimidation. With risk of her own life, Sandra will have to put in their right place the pieces of an enigmatic puzzle of which she herself is a part. A LIGHT IN THE ABBEY is a mysterious and coherent mosaic that tells us of white and black Virgins, Synoptic and Gnostic Gospels, old and new crusaders, venerated saints and ambitious kings, heresy and intriguing Popes, secret Orders of yesterday and today, the inconceivable cruelty perpetrated by the forces of Napoleon Bonaparte against the Monastery of Montserrat and the sudden irruption of Hitler?s Germany in this same sanctuary in search of one of the most searched treasures of all times.(Edited only in Spanish and Catalan by VISION NET editors under the title EL ENIGMA DE MONTSERRAT - www.visionlibros.com)
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