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Martín Ojo de Plata
Series · 3 books · 2007-2012

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The Spanish Main

Martin Silvereye Trilogy I

2007

One destiny, the remote Caribbean isles. One dream, freedom. The sixteen-year-old Catalina Solis is bound to the Caribbean island of Margarita to live with her husband Domingo Rodríguez, when the ship is being attacked by English pirates. To save herself, she jumps off board wearing the clothes of her brother who had been travelling with her. After two years on an isolated island, she’s rescued by the merchant Esteban Nevares. To escape her mentally impaired husband, she strickes a deal with Nevares to be the son he never had, Martín Nevares. Together they embark on an extraordinary adventure on the Chacona (Nevares’s ship) as traders in the ports of the Caribbean and as arms smugglers for the cimmarones (free slaves) living in Spanish Mainland. This was the name in Spain’s colonial times given to Venezuela, the Isthmus of Panama and part of Colombia which was a province of New Granada. Asensi’s novel is very entertaining and gives us a view on a part of history that we rarely read about. It offers insight into the society of the Spanish colonies a century after Columbus discovered the New World. How people lived and struggled to survive in a rough environment. In those days, the commercial administration was established in Sevilla. Over 400.000 copies sold in Spanish by the so called ‘Queen of the Spanish Adventure Fiction,' one of the top writers in Spanish language, and author of the bestseller The Last Cato.
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Vengeance in Seville

Martin Silvereye Trilogy II

2010

Sevilla 1607- In this exciting novel, Catalina Solis - the intrepid protagonist from The Spanish Main, the first part of the Trilogy Martín Silverey – is to take her revenge in one of the wealthiest and most important cities of the world, the Spanish city of Seville. She will keep the promise she made to her adoptive father, Esteban Nevares, and eliminate the Curvo brothers. Her spectacular vengeance involves trick, seduction, force, surprise, duels, betting and medicine. In this hazardous adventure, Catalina is accompanied by her friends from The Spanish Main and some crafty servants, always willing to risk their lives for such a legendary figure. Over 300.000 copies sold in Spanish by the so called ‘Queen of the Spanish Adventure Fiction,' one of the top writers in Spanish language, and author of the bestseller The Last Cato.
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La conjura de Cortés

2012

With The Cortes Conspiracy, the last book in the trilogy Martín Silvereye, Matilde Asensi reaches the climax of her journey through the Spanish Golden Age, from the perspective, this time, of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. These exciting pages narrate the intrigues and the political and economic relationships which, from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, pointed at the Spanish Crown, providing the reader with a better understanding of this stage of history. In this eagerly awaited novel, Catalina Solis is forced to unmask a plot which has been hatched by her enemies to overthrow the king of Spain. Once again the protagonist of the novel will have to confront noblemen from Seville and enemies she thought she had already defeated. The appearance of a map, which shows where the treasure of Hernan Cortes is lying, will play a key role in Catalina’s plan to unmask the traitors and keep her Word of ruining the Curvos. The doublé personality Catalina Solis/Martín Nevares will not only confront her/his opponents, but also a serious threaten for her. Over 300.000 copies sold in Spanish by the so called ‘Queen of the Spanish Adventure Fiction,' one of the top writers in Spanish language, and author of the bestseller The Last Cato.

Author

Matilde Asensi
Matilde Asensi
Author · 11 books

Matilde Asensi (born 1962 in Alicante, Spain) is a Spanish journalist and writer, who specializes mainly in historical thrillers. She has more than 20 million readers worldwide and has become the reference of quality bests-sellers in Spanish language. According to the magazine Que Leer she is the ‘Queen of the adventure novels’. Her books, of an indubitable quality and proven historical documentation, have been translated to 15 languages. The English translation of The Last Cato won the 2007 International Latino Award in the category ‘best mystery novel’ and an honor mention for ‘best adventure novel’. The following year, Everything Under the Sky won the second place for the International Latino Award. In 2011 she received the Honour Award of Historical Novel Ciudad de Zaragoza for her career in this genre. She also was awarded the Premio Juan Ortiz del Barco (1996) and the Premio Felipe Trigo de Relato (1997). _____________________________________________________________________________ Con más de veinte millones de lectores en todo el mundo, la escritora alicantina Matilde Asensi se ha convertido en un referente para los seguidores del best seller de calidad. En 1999 publicó su primera novela, El Salón de Ámbar, y con Iacobus (2000) empezó a conquistar un territorio de lectores que copaban entonces sólo algunos grandes escritores extranjeros. Con su siguiente novela, El último Catón (2001), se consagró como una narradora experta y dio el gran salto al extranjero. El último Catón no es sólo su novela más vendida, sino que sigue siendo un referente para los que gustan de la historia, la aventura y el conocimiento. En 2003, en El origen perdido, Asensi combina hábilmente los secretos con los hackers informáticos, y en Todo bajo el cielo (2006) lleva a sus lectores a la China del Gran Emperador. Entre estos dos títulos publicó Peregrinatio (2004), una guía novelada que recupera a los protagonistas de Iacobus para realizar un viaje por el Camino de Santiago. Sus últimas novelas, Tierra firme, Venganza en Sevilla y La conjura de Cortés, conforman la exitosa trilogía Martín Ojo de Plata, que cuenta con más de un millón de lectores. Dicha trilogía fue publicada recientemente en un único volumen, Trilogía Martín Ojo de Plata, que incluía un nuevo prólogo de la autora y un impresionante material inédito. Las novelas de Matilde Asensi han sido traducidas a quince idiomas. Con la traducción al inglés de El último Catón consiguió en 2007 el Premio Internacional Latino Book Awards en la categoría de «Mejor novela de misterio» y una mención de honor como «Mejor novela de aventuras». En 2008, en el mismo certamen, logró el segundo premio por Todo bajo el cielo en la categoría de «Mejor novela de ficción de época en español». En mayo de 2011 se le concedió el Premio de Honor de Novela Histórica Ciudad de Zaragoza en reconocimiento a la trayectoria y los méritos de la autora a lo largo de su carrera literaria en relación con el género de la novela histórica. Y en marzo de ese mismo año fue galardonada con el Premio Isabel Ferrer de la Generalitat Valenciana por su extensa y reconocida labor como periodista y escritora. Toda la obra de Matilde Asensi destaca por su calidad literaria y su contrastada documentación histórica.

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