by Francisco Gallardo · Grupo Anaya Publicaciones Generales · tapa dura · ISBN 9788491890119
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«Áspera seda de la muerte» is the historical novel by Francisco Gallardo, published by Algaida Editores (Grupo Anaya) in hardback (344 pages, in Spanish).
In nineteenth-century Seville, Flora de Letona, abused by her husband, Lieutenant Ballester, leaves him and takes refuge at the home of lawyer Tous. She then flees with her children; he gets the authorities to return them to him and to have her placed in the Beaterio de San Antonio until the divorce is settled. Novel based on real documents.
Winner of the 21st Ciudad de Badajoz Novel Prize and published in the Algaida Literaria collection.
For readers of historical fiction and plots based on true events; the subject of abuse remains relevant.
