La palma y el laurel

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Año 1496. La infanta Juana se dirige a Flandes para casarse con el archiduque Felipe de Habsburgo. Con ella viaja el juego trobado, una baraja poética que la reina Isabel le ha regalado. Los naipes retratan a las damas que los juegan con cuatro suertes: un árbol, un ave, un refrán y un romance. A Juana la representan el naranjo, en alusión a la boda, y la elegante garza, que exalta su belleza. La novia parte de Castilla dispuesta a cumplir los designios dinásticos de los reyes. Se lleva con ella a dos de sus damas más queridas, doña María Manuel, rosa efímera; y doña Ana de...

Magalie Vossen ha sufrido un intento de asesinato en la ciudad de Bruselas. ¿Quiénes eran? ¿Por qué pretendían quitarle la reliquia de su abuela? La policía ha sido incapaz de descubrir los motivos. Perola necesidad de buscar sentido a una historia que la ha acompañado desde niña se ha vuelto una obsesión. En un intento desesperado porencontrar respuestas, Magalie ofrece al periódico londinense Gloucester Post una importante suma económica para reabrir la investigación. La reportera irlandesa Eileen O’Connor, junto a Marcos Guillem y el resto de su equipo, se verán envueltos en...

After breaking her leg and losing her low-paying job as a graphic designer, Agata Martí has no choice but to accept that she doesn't know what she's doing with her life. Maybe that's why she decides to follow the advice of her older brother and move to London for a while. Guillermo asked a friend for a favor, found Agata a place to stay and has a job waiting for her. She will be able to recover, improve her resume and then return to Barcelona ready to take on the world.The problem is that Guillermo has asked Gabriel for a favor.Gabriel Trevelyan is now a renowned journalist in London, but as ...