by Guinevere Glasfurd · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788416854981
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«Palabras en mis manos» is the historical novel by Guinevere Glasfurd, published by Siruela in paperback (360 pages, in Spanish).
In 17th-century Amsterdam, Helena Jans, a maid of humble origin, has a secret passion for literature and goes so far as to write with beet ink on her own skin. When the philosopher René Descartes moves into the bookseller's house where she works, the encounter between her eagerness to learn and the thinker's rational quest gives rise to a mutual fascination that defies the conventions of their time.
Translated by María Porras Sánchez; the work was originally published as The Words in my Hand and was nominated for the Costa Book Award and the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award.
For readers of historical novels and period romances, with an interest in female characters who defy the social norms of the 17th century.
