1895: A Novel of Love and War

In 1895, in the troubled island of Cuba, Spain's richest and most prized colony, war is about to break out. Cuban patriots have called for an all-out insurrection to end Spain's four centuries of rule. On a farm in the central province of Las Villas, María Teresa Velázquez approaches her nineteenth birthday celebration yearning for a new life. Her life changes dramatically when the war begins, as she and her family are herded by orders of the ruthless Spanish Captain General, Valeriano Weyl...