Overview
In the dark days of the Spanish Inquisition, such a claim to blessedness has serious consequences, especially when Catalina seems more inclined to obey her heart than the demands of the Church. The last of Maugham's novels, Catalina is a romantic celebration of Spain and a delightfully mischievous satire on absolutism.
Crippled sixteen-year-old Catalina is the one person unable to join in the festivities of the Feast of the Assumption. But then she has a vision of the Virgin, and is miraculously cured. In the dark days of the Spanish Inquisition, such a claim to blessedness has serious consequences, especially when Catalina seems more inclined to obey her heart than the demands of the Church.
The last of Maugham''s novels, Catalina is a romantic celebration of Spain and a delightfully mischievous satire on absolutism.
- | Author: W. Somerset Maugham
- | Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- | Publication Date: Jun 01, 2001
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9780099286844
- | ISBN-10: 009928684X