Title: Josefina’s Sin
Author: Claudia H. Long
Series: Tendrils of the Inquisition Book 1
Genre: Historical Fiction/ Historical Romance
Publisher: Five Directions Press
Release Date: Aug 9 2011
Editions/Formats: 1st Edition ~ Formats eBook & Print
Blurb/Synopsis:
A thrilling and passionate debut about a
sheltered landowner’s wife whose life is turned upside down when she visits the
royal court in seventeenth-century Mexico.
When Josefina accepts an invitation from
the Marquessa to come stay and socialize with the intellectual and cultural
elite in her royal court, she is overwhelmed by the Court’s complicated world.
She finds herself having to fight off aggressive advances from the Marquessa’s
husband, but is ultimately unable to stay true to her marriage vows when she
becomes involved in a secret affair with the local bishop that leaves her
pregnant.
Amidst this drama, Josefina finds herself
unexpectedly drawn to the intellectual nuns who study and write poetry at the
risk of persecution by the Spanish Inquisition that is overtaking Mexico. One
nun in particular, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, teaches Josefina about poetry,
writing, critical thinking, the nature and consequences of love, and the
threats of the Holy Office. She is Josefina’s mentor and lynchpin for her
tumultuous passage from grounded wife and mother to woman of this treacherous,
confusing, and ultimately physically and intellectually fulfilling world.
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Author Information
Claudia Long is the author of Josefina's
Sin, The Duel for Consuelo, The Harlot's Pen, and Chains of Silver. Three of
these take place in Colonial Mexico during the Inquisition. She lives in
Northern California where currently practices law as a mediator for employment
and housing discrimination cases as well as complex business disputes. She is
married and has two grown children and one magnificent grandchild.
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Twitter @CLongnovels
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