
In the summer of 1615, Mexico City lies cloaked in rain and silence. The streets are deserted, lanterns flicker only for the occasional night watch, and the city’s fragile buildings hide the looming presence of convents that will soon dominate the skyline. Into this hushed night a procession of shadowy figures, led by a cloaked man with a lantern, slips through the Archbishop’s palace and makes its way to a modest house on Santa Teresa, where a stoic beata in a rough Franciscan habit awaits them.
The novel follows the intertwined lives of a nun and a married woman, each bound by vows of purity yet drawn into the dangerous currents of the Inquisition. As secret documents and forbidden rites surface, loyalties are tested and the fragile line between devotion and martyrdom blurs. Listeners are invited to step into a world of whispered conspiracies, where every footstep on the cobblestones may seal a fate.
Language
es
Duration
~14 hours (833K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2015-07-31
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1832–1896
A soldier, journalist, and novelist, this Mexican public figure moved easily between politics and literature. His life spanned war, government service, and a remarkable body of historical and fictional writing.
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