Una heredera de Barcelona

A Barcelona Heiress

“A powerful chronicle of Barcelona during the 20s, which allows us to discover its mysteries and unravel its clues. With a journalist’s keen eye and the narrative vision of the writer, Vila-Sanjuán has managed to create an irresistible reading which explores the entire gamut of a society, a time and a fascinating city.”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Sergio Vila-Sanjuán draws an impeccable portrait, photographed in sepia tones, of the elegant, gunrunning and turbulent Barcelona of the 20s. This novel takes us on an a thorough journey through that city, shaken by the end of a world that agonizes and the roar of the storm that was to tear Spain apart, and Europe a decade later.”

Arturo Pérez-Reverte

In the 1920’s Barcelona a young lawyer and monarchic journalist comes in contact with a diverse bunch of characters: a beaten cabaret girl who does not confess to all she knows; an anarchist leader who hesitates between compromising or violence; a newly-arrived general intent on imposing order without a second thought, and a handsome and moneyed countess determined to maintain her independence… Guided by Pablo Vilar we travel from the caverns of Montjuic’s, to high-society’s lavish parties at the Ritz or the Laberinto of Horta; and from the anarchist communities to the court rooms where justice is administered or delayed. While the city grazes its zenith, Pablo also fears that his youth will disappear with the coming storm. Based on real facts and people, and on documents from the author’s family files, A Barcelona Heiress proposes a new and different look at a complex and dazzling period.