Hermandad de la Sábana Santa is a novel by Spanish author Julia Navarro, published in 2004.

Plot

The novel recreates the investigation of a group of Italian policemen, led by the detective Marco Valoni and his right-hand woman, Doctor Sofia Galloni, to unravel the mystery of the successive mishaps in the Cathedral of Turin that have put the well-known Shroud of Turin at risk. At the same time, as a flashback, it narrates the origins of the Shroud, which the author locates in the city of Edessa in the time of King Abgaro.[1]

Sales

The book has reached 42 editions and has sold more than one million copies.[2] It has been translated into fifteen languages.[3]

References

  1. ↑ El País, ed. (31 March 2004). "Julia Navarro celebra los 50.000 libros vendidos de 'La hermandad de la sábana santa'".
  2. ↑ "Julia Navarro: 'Es absurdo decir que uno escribe "best sellers"'". 20 minutos. 25 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Constanza Rojas Valdés. La española Julia Navarro estuvo en Chile: "Me rebelo cuando dicen que escribo novela histórica" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, El Mercurio


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