El orfebre

Barcelona, late 19th century. A seventeen-year-old boy works in his father's goldsmith's workshop. Educated in the trade since he was a child, a promising future awaits him in the carving of precious stones. But his life is turned upside down when he meets Isabel, the daughter of a come aristocrat unless he announces that he will give his daughter's hand to whoever offers him the largest diamond ever seen. From hectic Barcelona to bustling Amsterdam and its diamond market; from Holland to South Africa; From the refined Cape Town to the overwhelming slave-filled Kimberley mines, through the fearsome Karoo Desert, the goldsmith will tour a fascinating, captivating and cruel world at the same time, alongside the ruthless Marquis of Terrassa and the sweet slave Etweda.