Valladolid, 1155: Alfonso VII, el emperador, re�ne a su corte para comunicar una decisi�n trascendental. A su muerte, el reino quedar� dividido: Sancho, su primog�nito, reflexivo y d�bil, heredar� Castilla, mientras que Fernando, su impulsivo hijo menor, ce�ir� la corona de Le�n.

Con este punto de partida, Jos� Mar�a P�rez, Peridis, recrea amen�simamente en esta novela un medievo fascinante, protagonizado por reyes y nobles, leales y traidores. Y tambi�n por las mujeres que los acompa�aban: Teresa, la prudente, la inclasificable Cecilia, la ingenua Estefan�a, Raquel, la hermosa jud�a... Y por las gentes del com�n: canteros, artesanos, religiosos, campesinos o comerciantes que mientras iban construyendo un reino para sus se�ores y para mayor gloria del Dios cristiano, fueron dejando memoria de sus anhelos y fatigas en la piedra de las iglesias y catedrales, a quienes el autor ha dedicado buena parte de su vida.

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Jos� Mar�a P�rez Gonz�lez, m�s conocido como Peridis, es arquitecto, dibujante, divulgador del patrimonio cultural y escritor. Adem�s de las vi�etas que publica en El Pa�s desde la fundaci�n de este peri�dico, es colaborador en el programa Aqu� la Tierra de TVE y en A vivir que son dos d�as de la Cadena Ser. Tambi�n en TVE dirigi� y present� el documental Las claves del rom�nico. Entre otras muchas distinciones, es doctor honoris causa por las universidades de Valladolid y Alcal� de Henares y recibi� el Premio Nacional de Restauraci�n y Conservaci�n de Bienes Culturales 2018. Es autor de diversos libros sobre humor, s�tira pol�tica y divulgaci�n de arte como La luz y el misterio de las catedrales (2012) y Hasta una ruina puede ser una esperanza (2017), entre otros. En 2014 obtuvo el Premio de Novela Hist�rica Alfonso X el Sabio con Esperando al rey. En 2016 public� La maldici�n de la reina Leonor y en 2018 culmin� su Trilog�a de la Reconquista con La reina sin reino. En 2020 recibi� el Premio Primavera de novela por El coraz�n con que vivo. En 2023 public� El Cantar de Li�bana, una mezcla entre novela hist�rica y feel good que encant� a los lectores.

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