by Toti Martínez de Lezea · Erein Argitaletxea, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788491096993
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United in life and death by love and ideals, life granted Doña María Pacheco and Juan de Padilla ten years to love each other intensely before he was beheaded in Villalar on April 24, 1521. Both encouraged the revolt of the Communities of Castile and fought to the end against the absolute power of Emperor Charles V, his ambition, and that of the nobles, who did not hesitate to position themselves so as not to lose their privileges before the commoners. They fought and lost, and were condemned to the dark corner destined for the defeated. María Pacheco, 'the lioness of Castile', died in exile in Portugal at the age of 35, poor and abandoned by her powerful family. This narrative recovers the memory of a cultured, rebellious, and fighting woman, who never repented or asked for forgiveness from her royal enemy, and restores the dignity that history took from her five centuries ago.
Esperanza Martínez de Lezea García is a Spanish writer who writes both in Spanish and Basque. She is a certified translator in French, English and German. She is also a television presenter and actor; she is one of the founders of the Kukubiltxo theatre company.
