02152cam a2200337 i 4500 1104324901 TxAuBib 20240103120000.0 230505s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9798200813414 hbk. (OCoLC)1378326049 TxAuBib rda Veciana-Suarez, Ana,. Dulcinea [PAPERBACK] : a novel / Ana Veciana-Suarez. First edition. Ashland, Oregon : Blackstone Publishing, 2023. 265 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. "The daughter of a wealthy merchant, young Dolça Llull Prat is besotted with the dashing, bootstrapping Miguel Cervantes from their first meeting. Despite Miguel's entreaties, the ever-practical Dolça, with her love of luxury and her devotion to her own art, repeatedly refuses to upend her life for him, although she always welcomes his attentions on her own terms. When Miguel renders her as the lowly Dulcinea in his great Quixote, revealing their association, he commits an unforgivable offense and their decades-long affinity is severed--until he reaches out to her one last time. The roads of Spain are no place for a noblewoman seeking to reunite with her former lover, but Dolça needs to unburden herself of a secret. Disguised as a peasant and accompanied by her trusted nursemaid, Dolça makes the difficult trek, facing bandits, the menacing reach of the Inquisition, and her own misgivings. Will she arrive in time? And if she does, will she be able to tell Miguel what she has concealed from him for so many years?"--Publisher marketing. 20240103. Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616 Fiction. Mistresses Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Spain History 17th century Fiction. Historical fiction. fast Romance fiction. fast TXSTC