Inés of my Soul by Isabelle Allende

This story recounts the astonishing life of Inés Suárez, a daring Spanish conquistadora who went to the New World in the sixteenth century, in search of her husband who had fled there. On learning of his death she began a passionate love affair with Pedro Valdivia, war hero and field marshal to the famed Francisco Pizarro. Together they built the new city of Santiago and waged a ruthless war against the indigenous Chileans. The horrific struggle changed them forever.

Inés of My Soul is a work of breathtaking scope, written with the narrative brilliance and passion readers have come to expect from Isabel Allende.

356 pages