Ines of My Soul : A Novel
Author(s): Isabel Allende
A passionate tale of love, freedom, and conquest from the New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende.
Born into a poor family in Spain, Inés Suárez, finds herself condemned to a life of poverty without opportunity as a lowly seamstress. But it's the sixteenth century, the beginning of the Spanish conquest of the Americas. Struck by the same restless hope and opportunism, Inés uses her shiftless husband's disappearance to Peru as an excuse to embark on her own adventure. After learning of her husband's death in battle, she meets the fiery war hero, Pedro de Valdivia and begins a love that not only changes her life but the course of history.
Based on the real historical events that founded Chile, Allende takes us on a whirlwind adventure of love and loss seen through the eyes of a daring, complicated woman who fought for freedom.
Review(s):
“Allende…has written her surest work since THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS.”
“Allende is a master storyteller at the peak of her powers, as she demonstrates in her latest novel.”
“Allende’s imagination delivers the enchantment. . . . This is one work Allende fans should not miss.”
“Vivid…Allende’s reach is broad…Allende succeeds in resurrecting a woman from history and endowing her with the gravitas of a hero.”
“A powerfully evocative narrative...Allende is at her best here.”
“Thoroughly researched…a colorful, entertaining tale of the hardscrabble adventures and desperate deeds of some of our hemisphere’s first Europeans”
“Solid and well-constructed...Ines is rescued by Allende from history’s dust bin.”
“Allende’s keen intelligence and lively prose keep readers wishing for more.”
“Might be Allende’s best novel, better even than THE HOUSE OF SPIRITS.”
“Vivid and convincing….”
ISBN: 9780061161575