La Guardiana de la Rosa / The Guardian of the Rose

Siglo XV. La joven Cl幦ence de Saint-Sulpice llega a Par疄 cuando arrasan la abad燰 en la que naci?y creci? Buscando un prop鏀ito en su vida, se ve fascinada por la singular personalidad de Christine de Pizan, a quien en ese momento hostigan los hombres m嫳 eruditos de la ciudad. Pizan ha osado criticar la obra El romance de la rosa, de Jean de Meun, debido a la denigraci鏮 de la mujer que muestra el autor en sus p墔inas. Cuando la participaci鏮 en el debate deriva en acoso a la escritora, Cl幦ence echar?mano de toda su imaginaci鏮 para ayudar a defenderla frente a aquellos que tan injustamente la atacan. Para ello crear?la Orden de la Rosa, pero lograr?acallar las voces injuriosas que se alzan en su contra?

En su primera novela, Nieves Corte ha escrito una emocionante aventura hist鏎ica sobre c鏔o un grupo de mujeres puso los cimientos de la lucha por la igualdad.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The exciting story of the first professional writer in history, Christine de Pizan, who fought to defend the dignity of women in a world dominated by men.

15th century. The young Cl幦ence de Saint-Sulpice arrives in Paris when the abbey where she was born and raised is destroyed. Searching for a purpose in her life, she is fascinated by the unique personality of Christine de Pizan, who is being harassed by the city's most learned men. Pizan has dared to criticize Jean de Meun's work The Romance of the Rose because of the author's denigration of women in its pages. When participation in the debate leads to harassment of the writer, Cl幦ence will use all her imagination to help defend her against those who so unjustly attack her. To do so, she will create the Order of the Rose, but will she succeed in silencing the abusive voices raised against her?

In her first novel, Nieves Corte has written an exciting historical adventure about how a group of women laid the foundations for the fight for equality.