Alonso Cueto presents “Francisca: Princess of Peru”, the story of the famous princess of the Viceroyalty

The successful Peruvian writer Alonso Cueto 69 years old, presented her book “Francisca: Princess of Peru”, which tells the intimate story of Francisca Pizarro Huaylas Yupanqui, famous princess of the Viceroyalty.

The event was held on July 7 at the Inca Garcilaso Cultural Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, thanks to the Penguin Random House Editorial Group.

The most recent work by Alonso Cueto goes into little-known details about the exiled heiress of the lineage of the Incas and daughter of the conquistador Francisco Pizarro. Divided between Peru and Spain, Francisca’s story, full of devotion, calculation, passion and nobility, is also that of a time of political collusion.

Historian Margarita Zegarra and Gustavo Rodríguez, recent winner of the Alfaguara Novel Prize, offered comments on “Francisca: Princess of Peru.”

During the presentation, both highlighted the pen of Alonso Cueto, a member of the Peruvian Academy of Language, to give personality to their works.

With the poetic breath and narrative finesse that distinguish his historical novels, Alonso Cueto endows a memorable character with his own light and voice.

In a framework of dynastic ambitions, the scenario of “Francisca: Princess of Peru” is configured, a world that imposes itself by force and another that is extinguished under its domains, but that survives in the word of those who invoke the past with more pride. that nostalgia.

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