Arnau

Arnau finds the great Barcelona to be a wondrous and new place and falls in love with the growing cathedral that is dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

“Cathedral of the Sea” by Ildefonso Falcones (Dutton, 2008) « The BookBanter Blog 2010

Arnau must defend his new friends, and in this way is introduced to a new and lucrative career choice.

“Cathedral of the Sea” by Ildefonso Falcones (Dutton, 2008) « The BookBanter Blog 2010

In the city of Barcelona, Arnau finds love and much loss, feuding and vengeful families, and loving people, plague and war, as well as a respect and befriending of the Jewish people who are hated by all.

“Cathedral of the Sea” by Ildefonso Falcones (Dutton, 2008) « The BookBanter Blog 2010

Fighting for their freedom, Arnau and his father flee to the big city of Barcelona, where if they remain uncaptured for over a year, they will gain their emancipation.

“Cathedral of the Sea” by Ildefonso Falcones (Dutton, 2008) « The BookBanter Blog 2010

As the youngest bastaix ever, Arnau proves he can carry the giant rocks from the quarry to the growing church.

“Cathedral of the Sea” by Ildefonso Falcones (Dutton, 2008) « The BookBanter Blog 2010

But as Arnau struggles to identify his enemy, an innocent apprentice is murdered.

A Draught for a Dead Man Divers 2008

Arnau a great deal better, if only because she had no pimples.

A Young Girl's Diary 1923

When she had gone I cried like anything and Madame Arnau asked: Why, what's the matter? and the other girls said: In arithmetic she had Unsatisfactory but she can really do her sums awfully well.

A Young Girl's Diary 1923

The bishops of Valencia opposed this, and Arnau of Peralta entered the church of Segorbe by force of arms.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

He made what is, I believe, called a “bee-line” for the frontier, met there a friend, one Moeller, who helped him to dodge the sentries and patrols, and in a few days reached Arnau.

Richard Wagner Runciman, John F 1913