by Katherine Vaz · Edições ASA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789724119601
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«Mariana» is the historical novel by Katherine Vaz, published by Edições ASA in paperback (281 pages, in Portuguese).
In seventeenth-century Portugal, Mariana Alcoforado is placed in a convent at age eleven. As a young woman, she meets a French officer and lives a secret passion that inspires famous letters. The novel recreates the drama of the Portuguese nun and her era, based on the «Cartas de una freira portuguesa».
The novel was originally published in 1997; this Portuguese edition is translated from English by José Luís Luna.
For readers of historical and romantic fiction, interested in Portuguese literature and stories based on real episodes.
