Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Wounded seventeenth-century Spanish soldier Alatriste works as a swordsman-for-hire in Madrid, but when his latest job takes an unexpectedly deadly turn, he realizes he is in the employ of one of the Spanish Inquisition's most… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In early 17th century Spain Captain Diego Alatriste spares the life of the two Englishmen he is hired to kill by the president of the Holy Tribunal of the Inquisition and sets in motion a series of events affecting the courts of… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Captain Alatriste is the story of a fictional seventeenth-century Spanish soldier who lives as a swordsman-for-hire in Madrid. Needing gold to pay off his debts, Alatriste and another hired blade are paid to ambush two travelers… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) For fifty years Andres Yasin has held a grudge against J.T. Bunker for an alleged affair with Andres' mother. Will the truth finally come out after all these years?
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) For fifty years, Andres Yasin has carried a grudge against J.T. Bunker. Now, Bunker, eighty-two years old and dying of cancer, wants to tell his side of a story, a story of his affair with Andres's mother. As a child Andres knew… read more
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) Beto Milanes, the night watchman at a graveyard in the Florida resort town of Caracol Beach, is a guilt-ridden Cuban war veteran. Tormented by memories and hallucinations, he yearns to die but is unable to take his own life.… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The first book to be published in English by the award-winning Cuban writer Eliseo Alberto, this gripping kaleidoscopic novel tells about madness, love, death, and the collision of strangers' lives on one fateful night in a… read more
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Carmen and her brother are sent to live with relatives after their family breaks apart. Imprisoned in a sprawling house ruled by Grandmother and Aunt Malva - table dictators who strive to maintain absolute control over their… read more
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Carmen and her brother are sent to live with relatives after their family breaks apart. Imprisoned in a sprawling house ruled by Grandmother and Aunt Malva - table dictators who strive to maintain absolute control over their… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Draws not only upon the literary heritage of the author's native Argentina, but also upon the body of work that has been formed into a South American canon, embracing those such as Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and… read more
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Caterva (meaning 'throng' or 'horde') tells the story of seven erudite, homeless, and semi-incompetent radicals traveling from city to city in an attempt to foment a revolution: conspiring with striking workers, setting off… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Set in 14th century Barcelona, the 80-year construction of the Church of Santa Maria affects the lives of the citizens, those who devoted their lives to building it, and those who were sheltered there.
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Set in 14th century Barcelona, the 80-year construction of the Church of Santa Maria affects the lives of the citizens, those who devoted their lives to building it, and those who were sheltered there.
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Cecilia Valdés is arguably the most important novel of 19th century Cuba. Written in 1882 by Cirilo Villaverde in exile in New York City, but set in the Havana of the 1830s, the novel recounts a story of the moral, political, and… read more
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) A Spanish Romeo and Juliet, Celestina was published in 1499 and became Spain's first-ever bestseller. Readers thrilled to the salty character of Celestina and her world of prostitutes and black magic even as they mourned the… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Translated into English and spanning three continents, this epic novel of the African Diaspora in the Americas recounts over five centuries of displacement and servitude. Employing multiple narrative voices and encompassing all… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Luisa Davila is an established Spanish mystery writer who decides that her detective's next case will involve the suspicious death of a child at an elite private day school. However, following the death of one of her daughter's… read more
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) August 1942. Jacob and Moses Stein, two young Jewish brothers, are staying with their aunt in Paris amid the Nazi occupation. The boys' parents, well-known German playwrights, have left the brothers in their aunt's care until… read more