Le maître des boussoles

In the year 1375, the Granada War is raging. The Maures jealously guard their knowledge of the trade routes that carry treasures from Africa and Asia. >In Majorca, a certain skilled astronomer named Abraham Cresque knows the secrets of the Arabs? navigational prowess and is versed in the science of the Greeks as well. At King Aragon's request, he becomes official cartographer and, for the first time, draws the contours of the African coast on his famous Catalonia Atlas. Although he has now become revered and powerful, Abraham the Jew, named ?The Compass Master?, has a few terrible hidden secrets: obsessed by a forbidden love, he must struggle at the same time to protect his family as the Inquisition is about to begin. A compelling mixture of legend and truth, from tumultuous love affairs to religious hatred, The Compass Master navigates us across the tormented sea of the human heart.