![]() ![]() Soon she begins a fiery love affair with a man who will change the course of her life: Pedro Valdivia, war hero and field marshal to the famed Francisco Pizarro. After a treacherous journey to Peru, she learns that her husband has died in battle. 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. Int'l Women's Conference - México, 2013īased on true-life people and events, Inés of My Soul recounts the astonishing life of a daring Spanish conquistadora who toiled to help build the nation of Chile-and whose vital role has too often been neglected by history.īorn into a poor family in Spain, Inés Suárez, a seamstress, finds herself condemned to a life of hard work without reward or hope for the future.Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Ceremony, 2017. ![]()
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