José Soto Chica: "The Second Republic Claimed Responsibility for the Figure of Don Pelayo"

José Soto Chica was born in 1971 in Santa Fe, Granada. He was a professional military man and served in Bosnia Herzegovina during his terrible war. After suffering an explosive accident that caused him to lose his leg and become blind, he decided to study history and took a PhD as a medievalist. He is currently a researcher at the Centre for Byzantine Studies of the University of Granada and author of successful essays and award-winning historic…

An accident with explosives caused him to have to abandon the military career and dedicate himself to the Middle Ages and Byzantium He has just published a historical novel about the figure of Don Pelayo José Ángel Mañas: "The same richness of literature