Bartolomé de las Casas: Chronicle of a Dream

Bartolomé de las Casas is the most polemical figure in the great event that was the discovery and conquest of America. To some, because of his devotion to the defense of the rights of the natives, he is the apostle of the Indians; to others, because of his passionate denunciation of the excesses of the conquest, he is responsible for the black legend that Spain has had to bear for four centuries.

In this novel, José Luis Olaizola brings to light some of the key aspects of this singular figur...