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It was a time of discovery and decadence, when life became a gamble and the gold that poured endlessly into the port of Sevilla devalued money, marriage, and love itself. In the midst of these treacherous times, Juan Tenorio is born and then abandoned in the barn of a convent. Raised secretly... read more
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I write in the naked pages of this diary so that the truth will be known and my fate will not be left to the rumors and lies already whispering through the streets of Sevilla.
Table of Contents edit
-Editor's Note
Rumors and Lies
A Flicker of Passion
The Desire of a Woman
No One Will Ever Know
Not Every Man with a Mask Is a Burglar
The Love of His Angels
A Vision of God
This I Cannot Do at Any Price
Like Salt into the Land
A Man Is Not Just What He Is Born
The Education of a Libertine
Gold in the Veins of Sevilla
The Slave Market
Taberna del Pirata
Secrets Never Stay Buried
A Thousand Nights with a Stranger
Corpus Christi
The Bullfight
Sins of the Flesh
The Deadliest Sin
Alma's Intuition
The Masquerade Party
Duchess Cristina's Invitation
The Truth
Knowledge That Could Lead to Our Ruin
Alma's Return
A New World
A Moth to a Flame
A Tour of Heaven
A Child of Deception and Cruelty
The Wager of Love
The Secet Marriage
Safe Passage
Alma's Temptation
In the Name of the Holy Inquisition
Confession at the Alcazar
Dueling on the Rooftops of Sevilla
Dona Ana's Bedchamber
A Farewell
The Last Night: A Final Entry
-Glossary and Notes
-Acknowledgments
-Author's Note
Authors & Contributors edit
- Douglas Carlton Abrams (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Atria Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 9781416532507
Page Count: 307
Publisher: Atria Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 9781416532507
Page Count: 307
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
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