false 3300 33 <p> Born into a poor family in Spain, Inés, a seamstress, finds herself condemned to a life of hard work without reward or hope for the future. It is the sixteenth century, the beginning of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, and when her shiftless husband disappears to the New World, Inés uses the opportunity to search for him as an excuse to flee her stifling homeland and seek adventure. After her treacherous journey takes her to Peru, she learns that her husband has died in battle. Soon she begins a fiery love affair with a man who will change the course of her life: Pedro de Valdivia, war hero and field marshal to the famed Francisco Pizarro. </p> <p> Valdivia's dream is to succeed where other Spaniards have failed: to become the conquerer of Chile. The natives of Chile are fearsome warriors, and the land is rumored to be barren of gold, but this suits Valdivia, who seeks only honor and glory. Together the lovers Inés Suárez and Pedro de Valdivia will build the new city of Santiago, and they will wage a bloody, ruthless war against the indigenous Chileans&#8212;the fierce local Indians led by the chief Michimalonko, and the even fiercer Mapuche from the south. The horrific struggle will change them forever, pulling each of them toward their separate destinies. </p> <p> <i>Inés of My Soul</i> is a work of breathtaking scope: meticulously researched, it engagingly dramatizes the known events of Inés Suárez's life, crafting them into a novel full of the narrative brilliance and passion readers have come to expect from Isabel Allende. </p> 104 book 1 11 2006 Ines of My Soul: A Novel total:2479|5:508|4:979|3:737|2:203|1:52| 2479 9125 3658 496 3 4 false false Mon Jun 30 18:58:35 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 18:47:42 -0700 2008 Agnes of My Soul) and romance. But a friend from Peru lent the book to me and highly recommended it, and since I also enjoyed Allende's biography I'll give this a try. On a somewhat related note, a gold star t...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Dec 21 23:12:37 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 23:15:18 -0800 2007 ...more...]]> 3 3 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 19 11:45:31 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 19 11:57:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 13:15:39 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 27 17:49:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Thu Jan 24 14:53:59 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 12 19:33:06 -0700 2009 Zorro are a bit of a departure from Isabel Allende's typical style. This novel tells the story of real life conquistadora Ines Suarez. (Allende says in her author's note: This novel is a work of intuition, but any similarity to events and persons relating to the conquest of Chile is not co...more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Jul 06 07:32:23 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 07:05:31 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 03 18:47:39 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 18 14:50:07 -0800 2009
My expectations were lived up to by this book. I didn't read it in Spanish, but it was a GREAT read. It was a fictional history...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 07:42:25 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 07:42:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 11 03:55:20 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 17:47:12 -0800 2009
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