Magdalena Płachta Ordre des livres

Barcelone, XIVe siècle. La cité catalane s'enorgueillit d'un nouveau fleuron gothique : Santa Maria del Mar, la cathédrale de la mer, qui s'élève, pierre à pierre, vers un ciel sans nuages. Bâtie " par et pour le peuple ". Certains porteurs n'hésitent pas à signer les blocs de pierre de leur propre sang. C'est leur oeuvre. Leur vie. Du haut de ses huit ans, le jeune Amati Estanyol contemple le chantier. A l'image de ce chef-d'oeuvre en devenir, l'ascension de ce fils de paysan exilé parti de rien sera fulgurante. Devenu consul et proche du roi, humaniste et philanthrope, il n'oubliera jamais que son destin est placé, depuis sa naissance, sous le signe des tragédies : l'ombre de la Sainte Inquisition plane sur ses ambitions, et la Grande Peste s'apprête à fondre sur Barcelone...

From one of the world's best loved storytellers, the trilogy that began with City of the Beasts comes to a thrilling climax. Alexander Cold knows all too well his grandmother Kate is never far from an adventure. When National Geographic commissions her to write an article about the first elephant-led safaris in Africa, they head - with Nadia Santos and the magazine's photography crew - to the blazing, red plains of Kenya. Days into the tour, a Catholic missionary approaches the camp in search of his companions who have mysteriously disappeared. Kate, Alexander, Nadia, and their team, agreeing to aid the rescue, enlists the help of a local pilot to lead them to the swampy forests of Ngoube. There they discover a clan of Pygmies who unveil a harsh and surprising world of corruption, slavery, and poaching. Alexander and Nadia, entrusting the magical strengths of Jaguar and Eagle, their totemic animal spirits, launch a spectacular and precarious struggle to restore freedom and return leadership to its rightful hands. The final instalment of Isabel Allende's celebrated trilogy soars with radiant settings, spirits, beings - and the transformation of an extraordinary friendship.