Cathedral of the sea, paperback/ildefonso falcones

The -riveting-( The Washington Post ) #1 international bestseller--now in paperback in the U.

In the tradition of Ken Folletts 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?.