Good men

«In times of darkness there were always good men who fought to bring light and progress. And others who tried to prevent it.» Arturo Pérez-Reverte At the end of the 18th century, when two members of the Royal Spanish Academy, the librarian Don Hermógenes Molina and Admiral Don Pedro Zárate, were commissioned by their colleagues to travel to Paris to obtain, almost clandestinely, the 28 volumes of D'Alembert and Diderot's Encyclopédie, which was forbidden in Spain, no one could suspect that the two academics were going to face a dangerous succession of intrigues, a journey of uncertainties and upsets that would take them, through paths infested with bandits and uncomfortable inns and taverns, from the enlightened Madrid of Charles III to the Paris of cafes, salons, philosophical gatherings, libertine life and political agitations on the eve of the French Revolution. Based on real events and characters, documented with extreme rigor, moving and fascinating on every page, Hombres buenos narrates the heroic adventure of those who, guided by the lights of Reason, wanted to change the world with books when the future cornered old ideas and the longing for freedom made thrones and established worlds tremble. The critics have said... «Excellent novel, perhaps the one that best portrays him as a writer and intellectual.» J. M. Pozuelo Yvancos, ABC Cultural «An adventure of books, ideas and friendship, with good and bad, a quest, an itinerary marked by inns, incidents and ambushes and tinged with dangers.» Jacinto Antón, Babelia «They will not prevent me from proclaiming the enjoyment I have experienced in being part of this celebration also as a reader.» Darío Villanueva, Babelia «Pérez-Reverte's magic wand extends not only to the skillful construction of fictional characters, who walk through the narrative with the same credibility as real ones, but also to the glorious ability to expose ideas on the most transcendent matters, in a simple and understandable way.» Marta Robles, La Gaceta Regional de Salamanca «Arturo Pérez-Reverte makes us enjoy an intelligent game between history and fiction.» The Times «There is a writer who resembles the best Spielberg plus Umberto Eco. His name is Arturo Pérez-Reverte.» La Repubblica «Arturo Pérez-Reverte is one of the masters of intelligent suspense.» Le Figaro Magazine Hombres buenos Spain, France, Madrid, Paris, 18th century, Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment|Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Royal Spanish Academy, RAE, Diderot, D'Alembert, Charles III, Louis XVII, Count of Aranda, Abbot Bringas, Quijote|novel, historical novel, narrative, adventures|book, encyclopedia, Encyclopédie, encyclopedists, reason, duel, library, journey,

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Age Adults Date 43435 Measurements 14 X 21.5 Pages 584 Binding Paperback

About the author

Arturo Pérez-Reverte was born in Cartagena, Spain, in 1951. He was a war reporter for twenty-one years. With more than twenty million readers worldwide, many of his novels have been adapted into films and television series. Today he divides his time between literature, the sea and sailing. He is a member of the Royal Spanish Academy.