The Lost Diary of Don Juan

By: Douglas Abrams

Language: English

Quality: Good

Genre: Historical fiction, Novel,

ISBN: 9780297851769

SKU: BE500444903112

Pages: 308

Description: An orphan left on the steps of a covent, Don Juan grew up within the church but his ambitions towards the priesthood fall to the wayside when he seduces a young nun and discovers more earthly pleasures! Evicted from the convent, he is taken under the wing of the libertine Don Pedro, the Marquis of Mota, who coaches his in skills both courtly and amorous. So begins a life dedicted to pleasure. But Abrams Don Juan is no cad; instead he is a seducer who understands the power of female sensuality and sexuality and who befriends the women he beds. Through his connections with Don Pedro, he is made an 'hidalgo', an honorary nobleman, and is therefore protected from the wrath of the Inquisition by the King, but his position is precarious. When, against his will, he finally does fall in love, he will find that not only his reputation but also his life is in danger.Full of romps, twirling moustaches and of course the evil Inquisition, this is also a love story set against the backdrop of the Spanish Renaissance, as gold from the colonies fills the pockets of the Spanish elite.