Victus

"With extraordinarily gut-wrenching descriptions of . . . battle" this #1 international bestseller "makes real a tragedy that shaped Spain and Europe" (Kirkus Reviews).Why do the weak fight against the strong? At ninety-eight, Martí Zuviría ponders this question as he begins to tell the extraordinary tale of Catalonia and its annexation in 1714. No one knows the truth of the story better, for Mart...