
La caja china / The Chinese box
by De La Torre, Jesus Maeso-
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Summary
Rodrigo Silva se ve obligado a asistir al ahorcamiento público de su padre por la pérdida de un galeón a manos de los piratas ingleses. Es una gran injusticia. Es falso. Y por ello jura vengarse. Pero el destino le tiene preparada una sorpresa. Tras formarse como cartógrafo en Sevilla, se convertirá en un maestro en el arte de navegar y trazar cartas náuticas, lo cual le llevará a formar parte de uno de los planes más ambiciosos de Felipe II: la conquista de China.
Como emisario secreto del rey habrá de partir de inmediato e infiltrarse en el fabuloso reino oriental para estudiar la viabilidad de una colonia hispana en ese territorio, trazar con datos fiables las coordenadas del vasto país e informar de la actividad de un asentamiento jesuita que Roma oculta de manera misteriosa. Ahí sus conocimientos le abrirán muchas puertas, pero también le empujarán al borde de la muerte y le llevarán hasta la misma corte imperial en la Ciudad Prohibida. A lo largo de su trepidante peripecia, entre almirantes y corsarios, conjuras, virreyes y espías, nativos salvajes, clérigos fanáticos y misioneros bondadosos, descubrirá que no se puede confiar en cualquiera y que el amor sublime se encuentra donde menos se lo espera.
Grandes personajes, mucha intriga y sorprendentes giros, rigor, misterio, agilidad y fluidez, aventura, amor... Una extraordinaria novela histórica sobre la mayor aventura hispana del siglo XVI: la conquista de China.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The thrilling adventure of one of Philip II’s cartographers in the Far East.
Rodrigo Silva is forced to attend his father’s public execution for the loss of a ship to English pirates. It’s a huge injustice. It’s not true; he vows revenge. But destiny has a surprise in store for him. After becoming a cartographer in Seville, he becomes a master at the art of navigating and drawing nautical maps, which leads him to join one of King Philip II’s most ambitious plans: conquering China.
As a secret emissary, he must depart immediately and infiltrate the fabulous Oriental kingdom to study the viability of a Spanish colony in the territory, outline the contours of the vast country using reliable data, and inform on the activity of a Jesuit settlement that Rome is mysteriously hiding. There, his knowledge opens many doors, but also pushes him to the edge of death and takes him to the Imperial Court in the Forbidden City. Throughout twists and turns, among admirals and pirates, conspiracies, viceroys and spies, savage natives, fanatical clerics and kind missionaries, he discovers that you can’t trust everyone and that love is found when you least expect it.
Vibrant characters, intrigue, and surprising twists; mystery, agility, adventure, and love… An extraordinary historical novel about the greatest Spanish adventure of the 16th century: the conquest of China.
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