Conquistadora by Esmeralda SantiagoAdult Fiction
Review by Mary Ellen
A novel about the Spanish Conquistadors conquering Puerto Rico. A Spanish author, Esmeralda read Ana Larrago's diaries from 1844. Diaries from a Spanish lady who traveled with two conquistadors.
They traveled across the ocean with the explorer Ponce de Leon. Ana married one of the conquistadors at eighteen years old. She and her husband lived on a sugar plantation in Puerto Rico during Spanish Rule. There was a revolt. Ana did not want to give up her plantation. Life was not peaceful for Ana when she fell in love with another man.
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