The Fortunate Life of Martí Olivar

Once again, Josep M. Quintana proves his absolute mastery in the field of the historical novel with a work that plunges the reader into the chiaroscuro of the 19th century and the throes of a world that is slowly sinking. 

​Successful businessman, ambitious politician, exemplary Christian, lucky father of a family... Martí Olivar from Mahón feels that he has achieved everything he dreamed of since, being very young and like many other Menorcans, he decided to seek his fortune in the other part of the world. It is in Cuba, a promised land under Spanish rule, where he will become one of the last masters of slavery, an industry that little by little was approaching its abolition.
It will be in the final stretch of his life when, ennobled by the king and the pope and having reached the position of senator, he will look back without avoiding the painful memories, the dealings in the desperate race for social advancement, or even the episodes from a dark past that could damage his public image.

Through a hectic journey through different settings —Menorca, the Caribbean, black Africa, England or Cádiz—, the author shows that, no matter how hidden the secrets are, no one can escape from his past.