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Ines of My Soul LP: A Novel

Автор: Isabel Allende
Год: 2006
Издание: [не указанo]
Страниц: 528
ISBN: 0061161578
This magisterial work of historical fiction recounts the astonishing life of InA©s SuA?rez, a daring Spanish conquistadora who toiled to build the nation of Chile—and whose vital role has too often been neglected by history. It is the beginning of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, and when InA©s's shiftless husband disappears to the New World, she uses the opportunity to search for him as an excuse to flee her stifling homeland and seek adventure. After a treacherous journey to Peru, she learns of his death in battle. She meets and begins a passionate love affair with a man who seeks only honor and glory: Pedro Valdivia, war hero and field marshal to the famed Francisco Pizarro. Together, InA©s and Valdivia will build the new city of Santiago and wage a ruthless war against the indigenous Chileans. The horrific struggle will change them forever, pulling each toward their separate destinies. InA©s of My Soul is a work of breathtaking scope, written with...

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