The Chronicles of Mar�a Teresa de Villalobos: San Juan Bautista de Puerto Rico, 1650

A 16th century woman in Puerto Rico when it was a small Caribbean outpost of the Spanish Empire, María Teresa de Villalobos was born at sea and lived through turbulent years: the English invasion of the island, a trip to gaudy and magnificent Mexico, the Inquisition and the daily rigors of love and life. A 21st century reader will relish this exciting novel by a popular historian and journalist in Puerto Rico.