For the first time in Russian, the novel “Inés of My Soul,” based on the true story of the life of Pedro Valdivia, one of those bold Spanish conquistadors who in the sixteenth century played a crucial role in the formation of the Chilean people. Poor seamstress Inés Suárez, following her husband, heads to the New World. In Peru, she learns that her husband died in battle. But fate has prepared for her a meeting with a remarkable person— a war hero, an ally of the famous Francisco Pizarro. This encounter changes the course of her life.