Historical novel set in Renaissance Spain, based on the life of the Spanish mystic poet, St. John of the Cross
Dr MacKay brings clarity to the medieval history of Spain by concentrating on two themes which provide the key to much of Spanish historical development: "the frontier" from the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries; and "the preparation for Empire" during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
From the New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, this epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents follows two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home. In the late 1930s, civil war grips Spain. When General
"Lively and detailed." --Michael Hofmann, New York Times Book Review "What Freedman's book does, and more thoroughly than any of the other biographies, is to retell Rilke's story meticulously and with a welcome attention to the circumambient social and political circumstances." --Michael André
