by Toti Lezea · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783596191048
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«Die Löwin von Kastilien» is the historical novel by Toti Lezea, published by FISCHER Taschenbuch in paperback, in German.
Historical novel about María Pacheco, «the lioness of Castile», and her husband, the comunero Juan de Padilla, leaders of the revolt of the Comunidades against Charles V. After Padilla's execution in Villalar (1521), María died in exile at the age of thirty-five. The book vindicates this rebellious woman who never surrendered.
Translation by Lisa Grüneisen of the Spanish original «La Comunera: María Pacheco, una mujer rebelde», published in 2003.
For readers of historical fiction interested in sixteenth-century Spain and in female figures who defied Emperor Charles V.
