Period or historical novels have always captivated readers with their ability to make us travel back in time. A good historical fiction, documented and at the same time creative, recovers real events and passes them through the author’s filter, whose mission is to offer a new and informative perspective.
A good period novel writer must master the art of telling stories like no one else, because he has the responsibility of opening that window to the past in a way that does not bore us, that we do not end up hating history, but quite the opposite. And do it by recovering forgotten or not so forgotten events. The objective? Let readers witness history as if they were in those times.
Whether unraveling the intrigues of the court of Isabel La Católica, recounting the role of women in the Spanish Civil War or revealing the role of female gladiators, These novels transcend mere narration, serving as transmitters of empathyknowledge and inspiration.
‘The Compasses of Time’ (Bianca Aparicio)
BACKLIGHT The compasses of time (Backlight)
BACKLIGHT The compasses of time (Backlight)
Bianca Aparicio, in a literary style very similar to that of María Dueñas or Dolores Redondo, takes us back to the Spanish Civil War in ‘The Compasses of Time’ (Contraluz editorial), a story about the role of women in the conflict that takes place in Alicante, the last city to fall and which became a port of escape for the Republicans. The protagonists are Aurora Robles and her two sisters, who will try to protect at all costs a valuable watch that preserves a dangerous secret. An emotional story with very strong female characters, entertaining and well documented.
Pages: 680
‘Ink bows’ (Rosa Huertas)
B, EDITORIAL Ink bows
B, EDITORIAL Ink bows
A year ago, one of the main authors of youth literature, Rosa Huertas, switched to novels for adults with ‘Lazos de ink’ (Ediciones B), an interesting and well-put together historical work in which she recovers some little-known writers -for obvious interests- of the Spanish romantic period. For example, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, whose path is crossed by Manuela, the protagonist of the novel, who has grown up in harsh conditions and hardships. Gómez de Avellanada will contact other women with cultural concerns like hers. This is how the Lyrical Brotherhood will be born.
Pages: 384
‘The Queen’s Board’ (Luis Zueco)
Editions B The Queen’s Board
Editions B The Queen’s Board
Luis Zueco, one of the most prolific authors of historical novels in Spain, who in ‘The Queen’s Board’ (Editions B) It transports us to the court of Isabel la Católica to learn about the origins of modern chess and all the intrigues that took place at that time. Zueco establishes a comparison between the power of the queen in chess and that of Isabel la Católica, whose influence allowed that game to reach today (because the current rules of the game were invented in Spain 500 years ago). The novel does not focus on the queen’s best-known era, but on her rise to the throne, a less obvious and hackneyed narrative.
Pages: 624
‘The dance of fire’ (Carlos Fidalgo)
The sphere of books The dance of fire
The sphere of books The dance of fire
The story is very appealing and exciting and, in addition, it is very well written, full of well-known characters, which encourages and facilitates the narration. ‘The Fire Dance’ (Sphere of Books) It takes us to some intense years of our recent history, from 1935 to 1953, and focuses on the search by the protagonist, a typographer’s apprentice with a vocation as a photojournalist, for a woman whose kiss captivated him forever, a piano student. . In this novel, the Sin Sombreros appear in the same way as the bombing of the Hotel Florida where Hemingway was staying or the triangle of Ava Gardner, Luis Miguel Dominguín and Frank Sinatra in Madrid, but although it may seem chaotic, the result is impeccable.
Pages: 304
‘Gladiators’ (Juan Tranche)
Planet Gladiators
All those who were ‘caught’ with ‘Spiculus’, the previous novel by Juan Tranche, should go straight to their bookstore and buy ‘Gladiators’ (Planet), because it maintains the same level of rigor, intrigue and lightness (something to be appreciated because there are almost 600 pages). She returns to her area of specialty, ancient Rome, to address the topic of female gladiators: we travel to 124, the year in which Helena and Valeria – one from a lower class, the other noble – are forced to make important decisions. The former has no choice but to become the best gladiator of her generation, while Valeria tries to avoid as best she can her ‘destiny’ of being a mother and wife…
Pages: 576
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