El relojero de la Puerta del Sol

by Lara, Emilio

• ISBN13: 9788435063173
• ISBN10: 8435063178
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2017-09-01
• Publisher: Edhasa

Summary

London, 1866. José Rodríguez Losada is forced, time and again, to flee from his past. After leaving the family home as a child, he was forced for political reasons to go into exile from the absolutist Spain of Fernando VII. Now he lives in London, a more advanced city where he sees a more hopeful future. Skillful like few others and always enthusiastic, he must finish an urgent task: to repair Big Ben, the most famous clock in the world. But no one can escape his past and, through the London fog, a shadow watches him to end his life. And, meanwhile, José only lives and works for his dream: building a watch with a revolutionary mechanism. Will José manage to overcome all the dangers that surround him and achieve his dream? History says yes, since his dream will be known as The Puerta del Sol Clock. But how will he achieve it? 
 

Author Biography

Emilio Lara is a doctor in Anthropology, a graduate in humanities with an Extraordinary Prize, a National End-of-Degree Prize and a professor of geography and history of secondary education. He has published several history books and dozens of articles in Spanish, Italian and French university magazines and research centers. He has participated in the development of the Spanish Biographical Dictionary of the Royal Academy of History. He has also won several awards for literature, history and journalism. In Edhasa he has published two novels, both of which were very well received by critics and the public, the first La cofradíade la Armada Invencible and the second El horlojero de la Puerta del Sol.