Paperback. Pub Date :2008-04-07 356 English HarperCollins UK The vibrant new novel from Isabel Allende takes her back to her homeland of Chile. and tells the story of the first Spanish woman to arrive on its shores with the Conquistadors in the 1500s.A real historical figure. Ins Suarez came to Chile with the Conquistadors in 1540. helping to claim the territory for Spain and to found the first Spanish settlement in Santiago In this remarkable novel. Isabel Allende. - one of the worlds most spellbinding storytellers -. re-imagines Inss life and that of the two men who become her lover and husband respectively 'Ins of My Soul' evokes the conflict and drama of the Conquistadors arrival in Chile. as well as helping restore the reputation of Ins. a powerful woman long neglected by history and a patriarchal society It also finds Allende returning to te...