The vibrant new novel from Isabel Allende takes her back to her homeland of Chile & tells the story of the first Spanish woman to arrive on its shores with the Conquistadors in the 1500s. A real historical figure Ines Suarez came to Chile with the Conquistadors in 1540 helping to claim the territory for Spain & to found the first Spanish settlement in Santiago. In this remarkable novel Isabel Allende
- one of the world's most spellbinding storytellers
- re-imagines Ines's life & that of the two men who become her lover & husband respectively. ' Ines of My Soul' evokes the conflict & drama of the Conquistadors' arrival in Chile as well as helping restore the reputation of Ines a powerful woman long neglected by history & a patriarchal society. It also finds Allende returning to territory beloved of her & her readers
- imaginative historical fiction evocatively told
- & to the familiar landscape of her native country. The novel gives Ines the recognition & glory that are rightfully hers; but more than that it is an epic tale of love & conquest lyrically written & enchantingly told by a writer at the peak of her powers.