year is about 1000 and the heart of the peninsula and again suffers the brutal attacks of Mansur, the fierce Hajib the Caliphate of Cordoba. For one, the destruction of the monastery of Pazo de Sousa, the Muslim prisoner falls Ouroana, a novice high beauty whose short life hides quite a few adventures and secrets. Because Ouroana is none other than the daughter of Count Munio Viegas, Anégia governor, who as a teenager was kidnapped by a group of bandits and sold into slavery at the house of 'Isa, one of the strongmen of the caliphate. They knew first hand the life and Andalusian culture, but also saw it as rooted in the seed of love, which eventually lead to questioning the loyalty of his lineage and his devotion to the god of the Christians. ;
With The slave Córdoba, Alberto S. Santos us invited to make a fascinating tour of the Iberian Peninsula in the first millennium, a land of savage and cruel religious skirmishes highwaymen, but also of legendary leaders, brave knights and men of God, lovers of knowledge. From the hand of Ouroana know also al-Andalus as a dark political intrigues as rich and beautiful in its melting pot.
The author
Born in 1967 in Paco de Sousa, the Portuguese municipality of Penafiel, thirty kilometers from Oporto, graduated in Law from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa and practiced law until 2002, when it passed the public sector. Córdoba The slave has meant the world debut of the novel.
Reviews
"Notable and intellectually impeccable." Expresso
"This first novel has everyday Santos, geography and mentality celtomusulmana civilization." Ler
"A story about the cultural and civilizational broth founder of modern peoples peninsular and a detail explanation of ethnic and religious conflicts." Os Meus Livros
"Reflection powerful, sharp and relevant information on the need for dialogue between different worldviews." Rádio Universitária do Minho
"Every day, my hands dozens of manuscripts from new authors who want to know my opinion about his work. None has surprised me as much as The slave Córdoba. "José Rodrigues dos Santos, a writer and journalist
" It is comforting for those who are fascinated by the Middle Ages, time and spiritual light, not darkness, see how to get a new Portuguese author, talented, helps to rescue from oblivion the golden age was, in our land, of the Gharb al-Andalus. "Adalberto Alves, writer, lawyer and lecturer
