The Lives of La Escondida

By Carolyn Kingson

In 1492, Ferdinand and Isabella, monarchs of Spain, set in motion earth-changing events. Columbus received ships, the Moslem Moors were expelled from the realm, followed shortly by the Jews, those who did not convert to Catholicism or pretend to. In the next twenty-five years, the Spanish began colonizing the lands Columbus claimed and Cortez brought down the Aztec Empire, creating New Spain in the New World. Eighty years after that, the Conquistadors reached northern New Mexico.There, Andorra Sandoval explores her family's connection to that conquest--with its strange saga of the hidden Jews--while a fascinating artist and his needy teenagedaughter pull her toward a fuller life.The Lives of La Escondida is a love story both sexy and tender, full of vivid history, lively characters, peril and adventure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615485782
• ISBN13: 9780615485782
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Lirio Publications
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.6" x 5.5"