by Diana Norman · Ediciones B · tapa dura · ISBN 9788440666451
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«La máscara» is the historical novel by Diana Norman, published by Ediciones B in hardback (678 pages, in Spanish).
In 1664, Penitence Hurd, a young Puritan stutterer, escapes from Massachusetts and arrives in London. Instead of the home she expected, she finds a brothel that clashes with her convictions, but the solidarity of the prostitutes and the teachings of playwright Afra Behn and actor Henry King transform her. Amid the plague, her fate takes her from prison to theatrical success.
Original title: The Vizard Mask. Subtitle: 'A woman's struggle in Restoration London'.
For readers of historical fiction interested in 17th-century London and female protagonists who defy their era.
Mary Diana Norman was a British author and journalist. She is best known for her historical crime fiction.
