Ediciones B 2021

COULD A DOCTOR CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY?

“Luis Zueco is the Spanish Ken Follett.” – Cadena Ser

A YOUNG SURGEON THIRSTY FOR KNOWLEDGE

Barcelona, 1796. Bruno Urdaneta is only twelve years old when he arrives in the city to work as an apprentice to his uncle Alonso, a veteran and ill-tempered surgeon who soon realizes that his pupil possesses a very special gift.

AN ERA OF PROFOUND CHANGE

In a turbulent time when Enlightenment ideals spread across Europe and the shadow of Napoleon looms over Spain, the young protagonist embodies the birth of the modern physician—the one who combines the practical knowledge of surgeons with the erudition of doctors to shed light on the new ideas of a more universal healthcare system.

COULD A DOCTOR CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY?

The trace of an old family secret takes Bruno from Barcelona to Madrid, where he studies at the newly established College of Surgery, and finally to Cádiz, whose streets, during the War of Independence, have been transformed into a vast battlefield. Death lurks over a town that has become the army of an entire country.