Matilde Asensi is a Spanish

Spain

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 journalist and writer, specialised mainly in historical novel

Historical novel

According to Encyclopædia Britannica, a historical novel is-Development:An early example of historical prose fiction is Luó Guànzhōng's 14th century Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which covers one of the most important periods of Chinese history and left a lasting impact on Chinese culture.The...

s.

Asensi was born at Alicante

Alicante

Alicante or Alacant is a city in Spain, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí, in the south of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334,418, estimated , ranking as the second-largest...

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She studied journalism at the Autonomous University of Barcelona

Autonomous University of Barcelona

The Autonomous University of Barcelona is a public university mostly located in Cerdanyola, near the city of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain....

, and she later worked for three years in the service of news of Radio Alicante-SER and Radio Nacional de España

Radio Nacional de España

is Spain's national public radio service. Since 1973 it has formed, together with , a part of , the corporation responsible for managing national public-service broadcasting in Spain.-Origins of RNE:...

(RNE, Spanish National Radio) as a the person in charge of local and provincial news. She was also correspondent for Agencia EFE and provincial contributor in the newspapers La Verdad and Información.

Works

• 1999 – El salón de ámbar
• 2000 – Iacobus
• 2001 – El último Catón
• 2003 – El origen perdido
• 2004 – Peregrinatio
• 2006 – Todo bajo el cielo
• 2007 – Tierra firme
• 2010 - Venganza en Sevilla
• 2011 - "Martin ojo de plata"

External links

• Official website