by Toti Martínez de Lezea · EMBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788415140115
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«La herbolera» is the historical novel by Toti Martínez de Lezea, published by Embolsillo in paperback (480 pages, in Spanish).
Catalina de Goiena, raised in pagan beliefs near Mount Anboto, leaves Arrazola to learn the trade of midwife in Durango. In the town she falls in love with someone unworthy of her and becomes caught up in the trial against the «durangas», women accused of witchcraft, mostly midwives and herbalists, in fifteenth-century Durango.
It belongs to the Biblioteca Toti Martínez de Lezea collection, which brings together several novels by the author. Published in 2006 by Embolsillo.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction, especially those interested in witchcraft trials and female characters.
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.
