La embajada a Samarcanda

In 1403, Ruy González de Clavijo set out for the court of Timur (Tamerlane) as an envoy of Henry III. The fate of Castile rested on this embassy to the Great Khan. Thousands of leagues from home, beyond treacherous seas and scorching deserts, he embarked on a journey that would test the limits of human courage. For it was not merely a voyage: it was a gamble for the survival of a kingdom beset by threats, a diplomatic battle in which every word could tip the scales of history. From El Puerto de Santa María to the legendary Samarkand, Clavijo would traverse warring empires, fabulous cities, and territories where Europe dissolves and the Orient is born. Endless caravans, golden palaces, courtly intrigues, and armies capable of devastating continents accompanied the ambassador's advance toward the heart of Timurid power. There, Timur, the invincible conqueror, the warlord whose name inspired fear from Anatolia to India, awaited him. Facing him stood a Castilian with no weapons but his intelligence, his faith, and his loyalty to the Crown. But in a world where glory and death ride hand in hand, any misstep could seal a nation's fate. This is the chronicle of an impossible mission. The true story of a man who traveled to the ends of the known world to change the course of Castile. The epic tale of the Spaniard who dared to look the master of Asia in the eye.