by Toti Martínez de Lezea · Círculo de Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422699323
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«La abadesa» is the historical novel by Toti Martínez de Lezea, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (248 pages, in Spanish).
In 1517, María Esperanza, abbess of the monastery of Nuestra Señora de Gracia, receives a letter from Pope Julius II recognizing her as the illegitimate daughter of Ferdinand the Catholic, without revealing who her mother was. The news drives her to investigate her origins; her search begins in Bilbao, where she will confront the secrets of her past.
The work was published in 2002 and, in bibliographic records, the title is completed with the subtitle «María la Excelenta».
For those who enjoy female protagonists and family mystery plots in historical settings.
Esperanza Martínez de Lezea García is a Spanish writer who writes both in Spanish and Basque. She is a certified translator in French, English and German. She is also a television presenter and actor; she is one of the founders of the Kukubiltxo theatre company.
