“Powerfully evocative. . . . Allende is at her best here; spinning words like spells, enthralling the reader with surreal visions of the New World.”— Newsweek
A passionate epic of love, freedom, and conquest, based on historical events, from the New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and A Long Petal of the Sea.
Though she was born into poverty, Inés Suárez, a seamstress in sixteenth-century Spain, embodies the same restless hope and opportunism that fuels her nation’s conquest of the Americas.
Learning that her shiftless husband has vanished, Inés uses his disappearance to embark on her own adventure. It is a journey will lead her to Pedro de Valdivia—a conquistador who becomes the first royal governor of Chile—and to a love that not only changes her life but the course of history.
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“Allende is a master storyteller at the peak of her powers, as she demonstrates in her latest novel…We must remind ourselves, over and over again, that it is Isabel Allende and not Ines Suarez who put these words to paper.”
— Los Angeles Times
“Basing the tale on documented events of her heroine’s life, Allende crafts a swift, thrilling epic, packed with fierce battles and passionate romance.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)“Powerfully evocative…Allende is at her best here; spinning words like spells, enthralling the reader with surreal visions of the New World.”
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Isabel Allende is the author of a number of critically acclaimed books, including twelve novels that have made the New York Times bestsellers list. Her books have been translated into more than forty-two languages and have sold more than seventy-four million copies worldwide. She was born in Peru, raised in Chile, and lives in California.
Alma Cuervo is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and a stage actress and singer who has also performed in film and television. She holds an MFA in acting from the Yale School of Drama, from which she graduated in 1976 alongside Meryl Streep. She starred in the role of Madame Morrible in the first national tour of Wicked.