{"product_id":"what-they-said-about-luisa-9781459752771","title":"What They Said about Luisa","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn enchanting tale of the complex and fascinating life of Luisa Abrego of Seville, an emancipated woman who forges a new future for herself in colonial Mexico and gets caught in the Spanish Inquisition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLuisa Abrego, an enslaved woman in Seville, is impregnated by her master, then set free upon his death. With limited options for her future, Luisa agrees to marry a white man who wants to take her with him to Mexico, even though it means leaving her infant son behind in the care of nuns. The couple set off on a dangerous sea voyage and a perilous trek across unconquered territory, and when the settlers' caravan is attacked by Indigenous warriors, Luisa is forced to kill a man in self-defence. Years later, still wracked with guilt and convinced she must atone for her sin, Luisa confesses to having made a promise of marriage to another man long before, in Spain. By the laws of the church this makes her a bigamist, a criminal who must be tried by the fearsome Inquisition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on sixteenth-century trial records of the real Luisa, this novel is not just one woman's life in fragments but a carefully researched imagining, told in the vivid, distinct voices of the Europeans who came into contact with her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eErika Rummel\u003c\/b\u003e has taught at Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Toronto. She has published numerous books on Renaissance history and is the author of nine historical novels. A recipient of the prestigious Getty fellowship and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Renaissance Society of America, she divides her time between Toronto and Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50718902944018,"sku":"9781459752771","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_10a2f2de-f35c-4559-917b-4ce86fd85e75.jpg?v=1734653667","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/what-they-said-about-luisa-9781459752771","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}