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La Templanza (translated as The Vineyard ) by María Dueñas is a sweeping historical epic set in the mid-19th century that explores the fragility of wealth and the resilience of the human spirit.
The novel is celebrated for its lush, thoroughly researched settings that transport the reader across the Atlantic:
The story follows , a self-made man who built a massive fortune in Mexican silver mines only to see it collapse due to a single catastrophic event. Desperate and drowning in debt, he makes a reckless gamble that leads him from the young Mexican republic to the colonial splendor of Havana and finally to the vineyards of Jerez, Spain.
Captures the formality of colonial aristocracy and the vibrant, often darker underbelly of the city.
La Templanza (translated as The Vineyard ) by María Dueñas is a sweeping historical epic set in the mid-19th century that explores the fragility of wealth and the resilience of the human spirit.
The novel is celebrated for its lush, thoroughly researched settings that transport the reader across the Atlantic:
The story follows , a self-made man who built a massive fortune in Mexican silver mines only to see it collapse due to a single catastrophic event. Desperate and drowning in debt, he makes a reckless gamble that leads him from the young Mexican republic to the colonial splendor of Havana and finally to the vineyards of Jerez, Spain.
Captures the formality of colonial aristocracy and the vibrant, often darker underbelly of the city.