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Title	:	Inés of My Soul
Author	:	Isabel Allende
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 321 pages
Published	:	November 7th 2006 by Harper (first published 2006)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction

Inés of My Soul

Isabel Allende

Hardcover | Pages: 321 pages

Rating: 3.93 | 21281 Users | 1753 Reviews

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Born into a poor family in Spain, Inés, a seamstress, finds herself condemned to a life of hard work without reward or hope for the future. It is the sixteenth century, the beginning of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, and when her shiftless husband disappears to the New World, Inés uses the opportunity to search for him as an excuse to flee her stifling homeland and seek adventure. After her treacherous journey takes her to Peru, she learns that her husband has died in battle. Soon she begins a fiery love affair with a man who will change the course of her life: Pedro de Valdivia, war hero and field marshal to the famed Francisco Pizarro. Valdivia's dream is to succeed where other Spaniards have failed: to become the conquerer of Chile. The natives of Chile are fearsome warriors, and the land is rumored to be barren of gold, but this suits Valdivia, who seeks only honor and glory. Together the lovers Inés Suárez and Pedro de Valdivia will build the new city of Santiago, and they will wage a bloody, ruthless war against the indigenous Chileans—the fierce local Indians led by the chief Michimalonko, and the even fiercer Mapuche from the south. The horrific struggle will change them forever, pulling each of them toward their separate destinies. Inés of My Soul is a work of breathtaking scope: meticulously researched, it engagingly dramatizes the known events of Inés Suárez's life, crafting them into a novel full of the narrative brilliance and passion readers have come to expect from Isabel Allende.

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Original Title:	Inés del alma mía
ISBN:	0061161535 (ISBN13: 9780061161537)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Peru (Perú)(Peru) Chile

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A very 'Inés' kind of review: I have been a reader for the last eleven years and am now the loyal fan of Isabel Allende , writing this review of Inés of My Soul in the year of Our Lord 2012.I am not sure whether this review will convince anyone to read this book but I am sure this is one of the best historical novels ever written and Isabel Allende is, undoubtedly, the only writer who hovers between a historian, a storyteller and a feminist.As a result this book isn't limited to a

Overall Ines of My Soul is a solid read. Even though I had mixed feeling over the course of my reading, I can saw both that I'm glad I got to experience it and I'm also glad to be done reading it. I was initially intrigued by the premise, I love obscure historical power ladies. And to find out that a 16th century city was founded in part thanks to a woman is even cooler. And what the most interesting part is is how Allende is able to show the slow progression of Ines's change from simple

3.5 Stars. A solid read, but not Allende's best work.

Quickly summed up, Isabel Allende's novel: Ines of My Soul, is a "true" account about Dona Ines Saurez who left Spain in the 1500's to go to the Americas and ended up helping conquering parts of Chile. I find it sad that it took over 400 years for her part in history to be recognized.I have never read a book by Isabel Allende. This was recommended to me by a friend. So I cannot compare this to any of her other works.I do not know much about Chilean or Peruvian history, so I found this novel to

This is an epic historical novel about the founding of Chile in the Sixteenth Century. We follow events through the eyes of Ines who, in her old age, is writing a memoir for her daughter. Ines, based on the historical figure of Ines de Suarez, lived a full life into her seventies, surviving two husbands and a long-term lover. One husband and the lover were pioneers and governors of the struggling settlement of Santiago at the core of Chile, settled from Peru to the north. Ines suffered

Maybe 3.5 stars. My first book by this author. Some of this read like non-fiction but definitely a fictionalized story of the Spanish foray into South America focusing on the conquest of what would become known as Chile and the establishment of the city of Santiago. It is narrated by the 70 y/o Ines Suarez as she relates this history (1500-1553) to her daughter Isabel as she intuits her impending death. " I fear these pages already contain more cruelty that a Christian soul can tolerate. " It

a rare 5 stars from this picky readerLush, richly detailed, immerses one quickly into the era and the characters. The accuracy of the historical events provides all the plot points one could desire. More would be hyperbole. No need for tacky ' plot points ' so beloved of commercialized authors these days. The history is sufficiently interesting --- if not, go watch tv! It seems that every 20th/21st century author of South American extraction must throw in politics and a bit of magical realism;