Un thriller histrico ambientado en el fascinante mundo del libro en el siglo XVI.

Novela histrica y de intriga, El taller de libros prohibidos nos transporta a la poca en la que imprimir, vender y leer libros poda llegar ser una actividad sumamente peligrosa.

Alcal de Henares, 1572. La joven librera Ins Ramrez acaba de quedar viuda y ha de ponerse al frente del negocio familiar. Pronto descubre que su esposo posea la clave de acceso al nico ejemplar de un libro prohibido, cuya desaparicin haba sido ordenada por el poder poltico y la Iglesia siglos atrs.

Con la colaboracin de Pierre Arbs, un oficial de imprenta francs, inicia la investigacin. Tendr que tratar con personajes de todo tipo: maestros impresores, eruditos, delincuentes, nobles de alta cuna. Y todo bajo la sombra omnipresente de la Inquisicin, que vela por controlar el pensamiento y la palabra, y la estricta censura de Felipe II.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A historical thriller based during the fascinating world of books in the 16th century.

A historical novel full of intrigue,El taller de libros prohibidos/The Shop of Forbidden Bookstakes us to the times in which printing, selling, and reading books could be a very dangerous activity.

Alcal de Henares, 1572. The young Ins Ramrez, a bookstore owner whose husband has just died, must now head the family business. She soon discovers that her husband had the key to the only copy of a forbidden book, one whose disappearance had been ordered by the Church and by those with political power centuries ago.

With the help of Pierre Arbs, a French printing officer, she starts her investigation. Though all of it, she will have to deal with all kinds of characters: master printers, scholars, criminals, and royals. And all under the omnipresent shadow of the Inquisition, which seeks to control all thoughts and communications, and Felipe IIs strict censorship.