Cathedral of the Sea, Ildefonso Falcones
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Cathedral of the Sea

Narrator: Paul Michael

Unabridged: 22 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 05/01/2008


Synopsis

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?

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Deisi on 2010-07-19 19:48:47

gotta tell you, i really almost sent it back around CD 6 - it was depressing and sad and these people could not catch a break and i kep thinking to myself why would anyone want to write about these horrible things - why would anyone want this to be what they are known for? BUT i gave it one more CD and it started down a redeeming path and a wonderful story. To me it was a cross between Les Miserable, Pillars of the Earth withg a little of the Count of Monte Cristo.