Fire of Love: A Historical Novel About Saint John of the Cross Gibbons

Fire of Love: A Historical Novel About Saint John of the Cross GibbonsBorn into an upper class family in Castile, Spain, Gonzalo de Yepes had good prospects that is, until his father was ruined in a speculative venture. After his father died a pauper, Gonzalo was welcomed into the home of a rich uncle, who intended him to marry one of his younger daughters. The young man would have been set up for life, but he fell in love with Catalina Alvarez, the ward of a poor weaver, and insisted on marrying her despite his uncle's

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