{"id":20342,"date":"2023-09-13T14:08:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T14:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pre.scenicrights.com\/projects\/the-merchant-of-death-el-mercader-de-la-muerte\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T08:12:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T08:12:05","slug":"the-merchant-of-death-el-mercader-de-la-muerte","status":"publish","type":"articulo","link":"https:\/\/www.scenicrights.com\/en\/projects\/the-merchant-of-death-el-mercader-de-la-muerte\/","title":{"rendered":"The Merchant of Death (El mercader de la muerte)"},"template":"","art_tag":[796,1196,994,1054,10,1341,1192,1180],"genero":[47],"licencia":[],"localizacion":[],"produccion":[],"subgenero":[620,652,640,676,1392],"tipo":[5],"class_list":["post-20342","articulo","type-articulo","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","art_tag-corruption","art_tag-journey","art_tag-mafia-en","art_tag-past","art_tag-periodismo","art_tag-real-facts","art_tag-revenge","art_tag-treason","genero-drama-en","subgenero-action","subgenero-historical","subgenero-spy","subgenero-thriller-en","subgenero-warlike","tipo-proyecto"],"acf":{"generos_tax":[47],"subgeneros_tax":[620,652,676,1392,640],"tipo_tax":[5],"tags_tax":[10,1054,994,1196,796,1192,1180,1341],"produccion_tax":false,"licencia_tax":false,"localizacion_tax":false,"articulo__titulo_extendido":"","articulo__extracto":"","articulo__contenido":"<p align=\"right\"><strong><em>The luxurious story of the assistant to the leading weapon trafficker in 20th century Europe.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\nMonaco, 1930s. Spanish journalist Jos\u00e9 Ortega travels to Montecarlo to interview Alfonso XIII and regain his lost prestige in the media. In a country where luxury and excess are found in its every nook and cranny, Jos\u00e9 Ortega is unable to find the monarch. However, a small mishap in the casino will lead him to Basil\u00a0Zaharoff; Europe\u00b4s largest weapon trafficker. Basil is an enigmatic old man, engulfed by a black legend, who is writing his memoirs\u2026 memoirs that could be of great use for European powers, as it has the secret formula for creating the atomic bomb\u00b4s predecessor.\r\n\r\nOrtega is unaware of just how powerful and infamous Zaharoff is, which is why he doesn\u00b4t think twice about becoming his assistant. They become acomplices, and Ortega will slowly be introduced to Zaharoff\u00b4s history and who he really is. Through both personal testimonies and many of the members that surround him Ortega will learn that Zaharoff\u00a0provided weapons to all sides of the same war. Little by little, Ortega will notice Zaharoff\u00b4s relevance in politics, and will simultaneously be offered huge amounts of money in exchange for stealing his memoirs.\r\n\r\nOrtega uncovers an entire underground world of spies, scheming and vengeance in an eccentric and wild setting, frequently visited by top celebrities such as Scott Fitzgerald, Coco\u00a0Channel, or even Carlota Grimaldi of Monaco, who is sexually attracted to Ortega.\u00a0In this way, he will end up involved in the social-political weavings and dealings of the time, and he will be caught between a rock and a hard place when he has to decide between giving in to the blackmail of the high command of power (and betraying his new friend), or remaining faithful to the man who is providing him with sustenance in this city unknown to him and from which he is unable to leave.\r\n\r\nZaharoff will end up being betrayed by one of his most faithful men, but Zaharoff will let Ortega know that he has been using him all along to unmask all those people around him who were plotting all schemes to steal his memoirs and sell the patent of the bomb to the world powers. To thank him for his faithful company, Zaharoff will give Ortega the chance to return to Spain.\r\n\r\nA story of spies, betrayals and conspiracies in one of the most exorbitant countries in the world and dealing with the biggest weapons trafficker in interwar Europe.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>RELEVANT DATA<\/strong>: Based on real events, Gervasio Posadas brings a well-constructed and layered character to life; a character who is enveloped in some of 20th century Europe\u00b4s most incredible adventures.\r\n\r\n<em>The Merchant of Death (El mercader de la muerte)<\/em>, was published in September 2020, and was directly put on El <strong>Corte Ingles\u00b4 Book of the Month list<\/strong>. It has received an enormous amount of positive reviews, thanks to its quality and character construction.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat the critics have said:\r\n\r\n\u00abA raw journey of life, from Constantinople to Monte Carlo, narrated with rare elegance and reads like the best mystery stories\u00bb.\u00a0<em>Lorenzo Silva<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u00abAddictive, fun, intriguing\u2026 one of those books you just can\u00b4t put down\u00bb.\u00a0<em>Amazon<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u00abAll the stories that are told here, as well as the role of Coco Chanel, Stavisky, Alfonso XIII, the Grimaldi family and the long etcetera of secondary characters that parade through its pages make <em>The Merchant of Death<\/em> <em>(El mercader de la muerte) <\/em>one of those books that one is eager to return home to immerse oneself in\u00bb.\u00a0Carmen Posadas in\u00a0<em>XLSemanal<\/em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>AUDIOVISUAL POTENTIAL:<\/strong> TV Series, Miniseries, Film, TV\u00a0Movie.\r\n\r\n<strong>LANGUAGES AVAILABLE:<\/strong>\u00a0Spanish.","articulo__autor":3196,"_thumbnail_id":11162,"articulo__featured_gallery":"","articulo__galeria_archivos":[null],"articulo__fecha_de_publicacion":"","articulo__idiomas":"","articulo__dossier":"","idarticle":1480},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Merchant of Death (El mercader de la muerte) - Scenic\u00a0Rights<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scenicrights.com\/en\/projects\/the-merchant-of-death-el-mercader-de-la-muerte\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Merchant of Death (El mercader de la muerte) - Scenic\u00a0Rights\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The luxurious story of the assistant to the leading weapon trafficker in 20th century Europe.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Monaco, 1930s. 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