Like all novels of its length, A dwelling in the wind presents different reading levels. First of all, It is a captivating adventure story set at the dawn of the Renaissance. Their characters, described with surprising psychological acuity, they move between disparate worlds. From distant Turkish schools of oil fighting, to mysterious alchemy workshops. From the sordid world of the prison and the medieval brothel, to the solemn pomp of the pope's court. Following the adventures of a heterogeneous clan of professional thieves, the Sartos, the reader will be taken through the underworld of Rome or Venice. You will learn about the intrigues of the European chancelleries of the time and enjoy a good number of daring adventures, robberies and deceitful plots, worthy of the black genre.
A dwelling in the wind It is also a trip to the medieval Mediterranean. From Izmir to the Peloponnese, aboard ships and war galleys the narrative navigates the waters of the Aegean, the Adriatic or the Ligurian Sea, off the Corsican coast. It will guide the reader through the ancient streets of Naples, Roma, Florence, Milan or Venice, to distant Hungary, in the intimate court of Queen Elizabeth of Luxembourg.
Given his academic experience, the author is able to present solid documentation that allows him to weave the threads of fiction between the facts of history. Entangling historical and fictional characters, manages to make credible the incredible adventures narrated within this magnificent novel, written with agile prose, very effective in the descriptions and not exempt from poetic brilliance.
By belonging to the saga The Healers of Saba, It can be read as a continuation of the one already published in Grupo Editorial Sial Pigmalión, The House of the Women of Saba. However, For those who have not read this, This can also be understood as the first of the deliveries, to continue after reading it with that of the previously published.
