Conqueror's Lady
Ines Suarez
Published on 23. April 2020
260 pages
978-1-83974-378-8 (ISBN)
Description
Fascinating biography of Spanish Conquistador, Ines Suarez recounting her life and adventures in South America."e;On a morning in January, 1540, an army of one hundred and seventy Spanish soldiers, commanded by Pedro de Valdivia, departed from Cuzco, Peru, to conquer the land called Chile.One Spanish woman accompanied them. Her name was Ines Suarez.More than a year later, the gaunt remnants of that little army clambered up the solitary rock that the Indians called Huelen (Sorrow) and which today is known as the Cerro Santa Lucia, and took possession of Chile in the name of God and of Charles the Fifth, of Spain."e;-Introduction
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Content
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- DEDICATION
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- FOREWORD
- CHAPTER ONE-THE CHILD WITH THE NOSE OF THE CID
- CHAPTER TWO-THE SAINT WHO RODE ON HORSEBACK
- CHAPTER THREE-AN ACT OF FAITH
- CHAPTER FOUR-A COURIER TALKS IN THE TAVERN
- CHAPTER FIVE-ONE OF THESE DAYS I SHALL GO
- CHAPTER SIX-A SOLDIER RETURNED FROM THE WARS
- CHAPTER SEVEN-THE CONQUERING HEROES COME
- CHAPTER EIGHT-PATIENCE! PATIENCE!
- CHAPTER NINE-THE GUARDIAN ANGEL
- CHAPTER TEN-THE BATTLE OF LAS SALINAS
- CHAPTER ELEVEN-I HAVE A WISH
- CHAPTER TWELVE-I COME AS A WOMAN, BUT I FEAR NOTHING
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN-THE MARCH BEGINS
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN-YOUR LITTLE CAT HAS CAUGHT A RAT
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN-SANTIAGO!
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN-REFUGE
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN-WARFARE
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN-TOIL
- CHAPTER NINETEEN-THE ROYAL DECREE
- CHAPTER TWENTY-PEACE, AND THE PASSING
- EPILOGUE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
