Catalans

Set amongst the rolling vineyards and gentle courtyards of a small seaside village in Catalonia, Patrick O''Brian''s second novel is a poignant story of tumultuous love, complex faith and one man''s desperate bid to reclaim his humanity.Summoned from his medical practice in China by a bevy of anxious aunts, Alain Roig returns to his Catalan hometown to discover he has been nominated by family memb...