En español | Esmeralda Santiago — the New York-based author of one novel and three memoirs, including the best-selling When I Was Puerto Rican — returns to fiction with the impressive Conquistadora. This epic novel, set in the 19th century, chronicles the extraordinary adventure of a brave and willful young woman from Seville, Spain, who sheds her scripted aristocratic life to seek her fortune in the rugged and dangerous New World. … Back to Article
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