![]() This is the first time Allende has taken on a real-life character, a challenge because little is known about the woman who would begin an affair with conquistador Pedro de Valdivia and follow him to Chile.īy most accounts, Suarez fought alongside de Valdivia and his men during a bloody battle against the indigenous Chileans as the conquistadors attempted to conquer the country.Įventually, Suarez would help de Valdivia build the country’s capital of Santiago, which has evolved into Chile’s cosmopolitan, financial, cultural and political center.ĭespite Suarez’s role in Chilean history, her story is glossed over and mentioned in passing as de Valdivia’s “concubine as well as a ruthless warrior who beheaded indigenous hostages,” Allende said.Īllende first encountered the woman’s name years ago while she studied history and stumbled across it again as she researched her 1999 bestseller, “Daughter of Fortune.” ![]()
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