Y Julia retó a los dioses
Santiago Posteguillo
Publicado: 2020 | 671 páginas
Novela Histórico
Serie: Julia Domna #2 /sU4Nukl6z_G4

Mantenerse en lo alto es mucho más difícil que llegar. Julia está en la cúspide de su poder, pero la traición y la división familiar amenazan con echarlo todo a perder. Para colmo de males, el médico Galeno diagnostica que la emperatriz padece lo que él, en griego, llama karkinos, y que los romanos, en latín, denominan cáncer. El enfrentamiento brutal entre sus dos hijos aboca la dinastía de Julia al colapso. En medio del dolor físico y moral que padece la augusta, cualquiera se hubiera rendido. Se acumulan tantos desastres que Julia siente que es como si luchara contra los dioses de Roma. Pero, en medio del caos, una historia de amor más fuerte que la muerte, una pasión capaz de superar pruebas imposibles emerge al rescate de Julia. Nada está perdido. La partida por el control del imperio continúa.

I am not a Dante-fan but this was a very interesting and illuminating book - and why a bit predictable that was because it fulfilled my hope. Enjoyed reading it. ( )

I thought the plot of this True Cross conspiracy meets Dante was way over the top and I didn't like the ending. None of the main characters worked well for me and I found the heroine particularly implausible, especially her Sicilian background. That said, it was well researched and there was enough food for thought in parts of it to encourage me to read more of this writer. She is clearly very knowledgeable. I enjoyed what she had to say about Byzantium and she offered some very interesting insights into the Orthodox Church. I am currently reading Asensi's Iacobus, a medieval tale about the lost treasure of the Templars and so far, I think it is a much better book. The translation is better than in The Last Cato. This could be because the book is written in a medieval style and is suited to formal English.
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Masterful. Literary Indiana Jones. Very sharp, thrilling! ( )