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1564, Granada. Als die Mauren gegen die unterdrückerischen Christen aufbegehren, werden sie vernichtend geschlagen. Hernando, ein junger Araber mit christlichem Vater, wird von seinem Stiefvater für seine unreine Herkunft verachtet. Schließlich wird er von diesem in die Pferdeställe verbannt. Dort erkennt Hernando seine Begabung als Maultiertreiber. Als er schließlich im Dienste des maurischen Königs gegen die Christen kämpft, lernt er Fatima, die Liebe seines Lebens, kennen. Doch Fatima wird nicht die Seine werden.

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The new historical blockbuster from the internationally bestselling author of Cathedral Of The Sea.

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Snared between two cultures and two loves, one man is forced to choose...

1564, the Kingdom of Granada. After years of Christian oppression, the Moors take arms and daub the white houses of Sierra Nevada with the blood of their victims.
Amidst the conflict is young Hernando , the son of an Arab woman and the Christian priest who raped her. He is despised and regularly beaten by his own step-father for his ´tainted´ heritage.
Fuelled with the love of the beautiful Fatima, Hernando hatches a plan to unite the two warring faiths - and the two halves of his identity...

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Ildefonso Falcones´ first novel, Cathedral of the Sea became a publishing legend with over a million copies sold in Spain alone. It has since been published in over forty countries, becoming a European bestseller. In his latest blockbuster, The Hand of Fatima, Falcones is marking the four hundredth anniversary of the expulsion of the Moors from 17th Century Spain. Falcones is a practising lawyer in Barcelona where he lives with his wife and four sons

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