by Vicenta María Márquez de la Plata · Algaida · tapa dura · ISBN 9788498772104
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«La Valida» is the historical novel by Vicenta María Márquez de la Plata, published by Algaida in hardback (608 pages, in Spanish).
Doña Leonor López de Córdoba, raised in the court of Pedro I of Castile, sees her family fall into disgrace after the king's death. Imprisoned in Seville, she manages to get out, restore her patrimony and gain power until becoming the first valida; the story is based on her memoirs.
First edition published in 2009; book awarded the Ateneo de Sevilla Prize for Historical Novel (Algaida Literaria collection).
For readers of historical fiction and those interested in medieval Castile, courtly intrigues and female power at court.
