The Barcelona writer Chufo Lloréns, the author of historical novels that have been bestsellers such as I will give you the landandSea of fire, has died at the age of 94, according to Grijalbo publishing house, part of the Penguin Random House group. Passionate about history, Lloréns began his literary career in the 1980s with titles such as Catalina, the fugitive from San Benito,The other leprosyandThe Saga of the Damned. But his greatest sales achievements, both here and internationally, were I will give you the land(2008) andSea of fire(2011), both set in medieval Barcelona. They were translated in a dozen countries, and their works sold more than a million copies worldwide.