Author: Xavier Maymó
- Fiction
- Suma
- ISBN: 9788483657720
Synopsis
"Aún hoy se narra la leyenda de aquellos íberos que, formando parte de la guardia personal de Poncio Pilato, acabaron crucificando al hombre que los salvó.» -Siglo I d.C.
Cerca de Tarraco una familia romana crece en un lugar paradisíaco: la Villa de Semma. El padre y amo de todo y de todos, Valerius, un hombre culto y poderoso, planifica con todo detalle un futuro brillante para sus hijos. La vida, no obstante, dispondrá sus deseos de manera muy distinta, haciendo que los caminos de los protagonistas acaben confluyendo en un destino que nadie podía imaginar. De Tarraco a Jerusalén, pasando por las Galias y Roma, Servio, un guerrero íbero excepcional, protector de la familia, forjará una amistad indestructible con tres hermanos romanos nacidos en Hispania: Menandro, el primogénito de Valerius; la frágil y bella Silvia, y Licino, mudo y deforme, pero de gran inteligencia, quien acabará escribiendo la historia durante sus años de vejez.
A masterful historical novel set in the Roman Empire. The destiny of three siblings and a servant between Tarraco, Rome, and Jerusalem during the advent of Christianity. “Even today, the legend is told of those Iberians who, as part of Pontius Pilate’s personal guard, ended up crucifying the man who saved them.” –1st century A.D. Near Tarraco, a Roman family is lives in an idyllic place: the villa of Semma. The father and master of all, Valerius, an educated, powerful man, plans every detail of a shining future for his children. Life, however, arranges things in a very different way, making the paths of the protagonists meet in a destiny that nobody could have imagined. From Tarraco to Jerusalem, passing through Gaul and Rome, Servio, an exceptional Iberian warrior, protector of the family, forges an indestructible friendship with three Roman siblings born in Hispania: Menandro, Valerius’s first-born son; the fragile and beautiful Silvia, and Licino, mute and deformed, but enoromously intelligent, who ends up writing the story during his old age.
