A daughter's place : a novel / Martha B̀tiz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bátiz Zuk, Martha Beatriz, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fathers and daughters--Fiction.

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616--Fiction.

Spain--Fiction.

Genre:

Bildungsromans.

romantic fiction (popular fiction)

Historical fiction.

Romance fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

396 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

[Toronto, Ontario] : Anansi, 2025.

Summary:

"A sweeping historical romance inspired by the real-life daughter of Miguel de Cervantes, celebrated author of Don Quixote. Madrid, 1599. Following her mother's sudden death, fifteen-year-old Isabel goes to live in the family home of her father, the poet and war hero Miguel de Cervantes, a man she has never met. Forced to pose as a maid to conceal her illegitimate status, Isabel must adapt to a new way of life with her jealous cousin and protective aunts while she waits for her father to return from Seville. Meanwhile, in the nearby town of Esquivias, Miguel's pious and faithful wife Catalina similarly awaits his return, blissfully unaware of Isabel's existence. As Miguel works on the manuscript that will become his masterpiece, Don Quixote, the years pass and Isabel grows into womanhood, falling in and out love, uncovering family secrets, and yearning for the legitimacy denied her by a rigid and callous society. Capturing two tumultuous decades of Golden Age Spain in rich historical detail, Martha B̀tiz paints a compassionate portrait of a family on the precipice of great change and the fiercely independent woman at its centre striving to make a life of her own."-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version: Bátiz Zuk, Martha Beatriz. Daughter's place.

ISBN:

9781487011864

1487011865

OCLC:

1449624478

Publisher Number:

90102585771