Lucia Graves Book order (chronological)

The internationally bestselling new novel from the author of the modern classic, The Shadow of the Wind

In 1957 Barcelona, Daniel Sempere and his wife celebrate the birth of their son and their friend Fermín's upcoming wedding. However, a mysterious stranger threatens to reveal a long-buried secret from the city's dark past, leading them on a perilous journey back to the 1940s and the early days of Franco's dictatorship.

Von dem pelasgischen Schöpfungsmythos bis zur Heimekehr des Odysseus handeln die 171 Kapitel der «Griechischen Mythologie», jener «erzählerischen Kurzschrift kultischer Spiele, wie sie bei öffentlichen Festen aufgeführt wurden» so Robert von Ranke-Graves’ Definition des «echten Mythos». Sein 1955 in England erschienenes, 1960 erstmals bei Rowohlt herausgekommenes Standardwerk sammelt die verstreuten Elemente jeder einzelnen Mythe in einer harmonischen Erzählung, unterstützt diese durch weniger bekannte Variationen in ihrer Bedeutung (mit Anmerkungen und Quellenangaben) und beantwortet die auftauchenden Fragen in anthropologischen und historischen Begriffen (Interpretation). Genealogische Tafeln und das Namenregister erleichtern dabei die Orientierung, die ergänzten Literaturhinweise regen zur Weiterbeschäftigung an – auf der Suche nach uns selbst, die im griechischen Mythos auf eine faszinierende Weise bereits vorgezeichnet ist.

En el corazón de calcuta se esconde un tenebroso enigma. . . Ambientada en la Calcuta de los años treinta, El palacio de la medianoche comienza una noche oscura en la que un teniente inglés lucha por salvar las vidas de dos niños de una amenaza impensable. A pesar de las insoportables lluvias del monzón y el terror que lo asedia en cada esquina, el joven británico logra ponerlos a salvo, pero no sin perder su propia vida. . . Años más tarde, cuando los dos niños, Ben y Sheere, están en víspera de celebrar su decimosexto cumpleaños, la amenaza reaparece en sus vidas y esta vez no los dejará escapar tan fácilmente. Con la ayuda de sus valientes amigos, los dos hermanos deberán desafiar el terror que los acecha en las sombras de la noche y enfrentarse al enigma más aterrador de la historia de la ciudad de los palacios.

From the bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind, the haunting story of a ghostly ship and an age-old curse

In an abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, a young man, David Martin, makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. Close to despair, he receives a letter from a reclusive French editor, Andreas Corelli, who makes him the offer of a lifetime--write a book unlike anything that has ever existed--a book with the power to change hearts and minds. In return, he will receive a fortune, and perhaps more. But as David begins the work, he realizes that there is a connection between his haunting book and the shadows that surround his home.

Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print. To this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son Daniel one cold morning in 1945. Daniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'La Sombra del Viento' by Julian Carax. But as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his find. Then, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, Daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from La Sombra del Viento, a character who turns out to be the devil. This man is tracking down every last copy of Carax's work in order to burn them. What begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of Julian Carax and to save those he left behind. A page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can lead.