1. Ildefonso Falcones de Sierra was born on 1959 and is a Spanish lawyer and writer from Barcelona.
10 Facts About Ildefonso Falcones
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Ildefonso Falcones is best known for writing the best-seller Cathedral of the Sea.
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Ildefonso Falcones is the son of a lawyer and homemaker.
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Ildefonso Falcones had a career as a horseback rider at the age of 17, becoming the Junior Champion of Spain in show jumping, as well as excelling in field hockey.
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Ildefonso Falcones studied at the College of San Ignacio's Jesuits in Spain.
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Ildefonso Falcones eventually decided to drop his studies in economics to balance his studies of law with a job at a bingo in Barcelona.
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Ildefonso Falcones became famous with the historical thriller Cathedral of the Sea, published in 2006, and set in 14th century Barcelona.
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Ildefonso Falcones's fourth novel, Los herederos de la tierra, is a continuation to La catedral del mar.
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In 2015, Ildefonso Falcones was accused of defrauding the Spanish Treasury of 1,4 million euros between 2009 and 2011 by transferring the copyrights of his works to companies based outside of Spain.
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Ildefonso Falcones supported Mariano Rajoy in 2008, the then PP's prime ministerial candidate vis-a-vis the 2008 general election, in a political act at the Santa Maria del Mar church together with other leaders of the People's Party of Catalonia, like Dolors Nadal and Daniel Sirera.