Fire and Song
Publishing Details
Fire and Song
By (Author) Anna Lanyon
Allen & Unwin
Allen & Unwin
1st March 2011
Australia
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict
272.20924
Physical Properties
384
Width 138mm, Height 206mm, Spine 29mm
405g
Description
It is 1596 and in Mexico the Inquisition is at its most efficient. A young man trembles in his cell as he prays for salvation, torn between the Christianity he was schooled in and his ancestral faith. What heresies will the Holy Office uncover Can he protect his mother and sisters He is Luis de Carvajal. His forbears had fled the Inquisition in Spain to Portugal and then from there to the New World. But the lives they try to rebuild as conversos in Mexico are just as perilous, for the Inquisition is determined to root out heretics throughout its realms. Luis's quest for true faith unfolds a tense and moving narrative, as he and his family's spirit and ingenuity are tested again and again.
Reviews
"This is a wrenching true story. The book is as engrossing as a novel." --Historical Novels Review
Author Bio
Anna Lanyon is the author of Malinche's Conquest and The New World of Martin Cortes.
