The Street of the Three Beds
Author | : Roser Caminals-Heath |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2012-08-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781453264805 |
ISBN-13 | : 1453264809 |
Rating | : 4/5 (809 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Street of the Three Beds written by Roser Caminals-Heath and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-08-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVIn the shady backstreets of late nineteenth-century Barcelona, where nothing is quite what it seems, a prosperous heir’s carefree life is turned upside down when he investigates the mysterious disappearance of his working-class mistress/divDIV /divDIVMaurici Aldabò is the scion of a prominent manufacturing family, a member of the wealthy Barcelona bourgeoisie. But Aldabò’s seemingly charmed life is interrupted when his mistress, a seamstress, vanishes without a trace, drawing him into an obsessive search through the city’s underworld./divDIVInspired by a popular urban legend about the white slave trade and the disappearance of a young woman in a lingerie store, the novel explores the connections between Barcelona’s criminal underground and its echelons of power. Named after a real street in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter, The Street of the Three Beds reveals the colorful and corrupt hidden life of the city./div