Of all the books by Matilde Asensi, pilgrimage It is, more than a story as such, a perfect excuse to explore the towns and customs of an environment such as that of the Jacobean Route during the XNUMXth century.
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Through the eyes of the rebel Jonás, son of the militant Galcerán de Born, we know a The Santiago Way full of rites that the young protagonist sets out to fulfill together with an ancient Templar after making a promise to initiatory chivalry. After investigating his brother's research on the origin of the Yatiris sect and the Aymara language (so archaic that it could simulate computer language), Arnao proposes to travel to Bolivia to discover the origin of the curse that could have caused his brother's illness. The protagonist of the novel is Arnau, a hacker from Barcelona whose brother suffers from Cotard's syndrome (or denial syndrome). More exotic in character and set in our days, The lost origin, links past and present through a Adventure novel only. You still haven't read The last cat? The Lost Origin (2003) Of all the Matilde Asensi books, this is one of our favorites. Beside him, he finds pieces of wood that at first little make him suspect that they have to do with the Vera Cruz, whose pieces are being stolen around the world. The protagonist of this novel is Ottavia Salina, a nun who discovers seven Greek letters and seven crosses marked on the corpse of a young Ethiopian woman. The Last Cat (2001)Īnd nail sales of 1.25 million copies, one of the most successful books by Matilde Asensi it still continues to be a benchmark for lovers of contemporary historical novels. Travel back in time with Iacobus by Matilde Asensi. , who died after the execution of the Grand Master of the Templars.
After leaving in search of certain books to translate and a young man with a mysterious pendant, the protagonist is warned by Pope Clement, who entrusts him with the mission of discovering the murderer of his predecessor, Pope Clement V and King Philip IV of France. The plot begins with the return to the Iberian Peninsula of Galceran de Born, monk of the Order of the Hospital, enemy of the Templars. Would you like to read The amber room? Iacobus (2000)įrom the present and the First World War, Matilde Asensi immersed us in the end of the crusades, more specifically in the dissolution of the Order of the Templars at the beginning of the fourteenth century. Despite suggesting a continuation in his epilogue, Asensi has not yet written a second part. An addictive plot that presents the one known as Chess Group, whose members search for the painting "The Amber Room", one of the canvases lost during the art looting carried out by Nazi soldiers in 1941 in Soviet countries. Together, they will face challenges that will put their faith-and their very lives-to the ultimate test.Matilde Asensi's literary debut came from the Plaza y Janés publishing house, despite being reissued by Planeta in 2006. Salina uncovers the connection between the brotherhood and Dante's Divine Comedy, and races across the globe to Christianity's ancient capitals. With the help of a member of the Swiss Guard and a renowned archaeologist, Dr.
The markings, symbolizing the Seven Deadly Sins, are part of an elaborate initiation ritual for the Staurofilakes, the clandestine brotherhood hiding the True Cross for centuries, headed by a secretive figure called Cato. Ottavia Salina is called upon by the highest levels of the Roman Catholic Church to decipher the scars found on an Ethiopian man's corpse: seven crosses and seven Greek letters. Holy relics are disappearing from sacred spots around the world-and the Vatican will do whatever it takes to stop the thieves from stealing what is left of the scattered splinters of the True Cross.īrilliant paleographer Dr. LAST CATO, THE by Matilde Asensi - BOOK - ADVANCE READING COPYĪ masterful blend of Christian scholarship and thrilling adventure, The Last Cato is a novel about the race to find the secret location of the Vera Cruz, the True Cross on which Christ was crucified, and the ancient brotherhood sworn to protect it.
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