by José Miguel Carrillo de Albornoz · BELACQVA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788495894588
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«El comendador de Alcántara» is the historical novel by José Miguel Carrillo de Albornoz, published by Belacqva in paperback (512 pages, in Spanish).
The novel recreates the life of fray Nicolás de Ovando, grand commander of Alcántara and first governor of the Indies, from his role in the Order of Alcántara to his time in Hispaniola. It alternates biography and fiction to compose a portrait of the Castilian expansion in America and of one of its protagonists.
The work belongs to Belacqva's Historical Novel Collection (no. 9) and the edition includes maps.
For readers of historical fiction seeking biographical reconstructions of the early years of Spanish presence in America.
