Keepers of the House by Lisa St Aubin de Tern - 9781914278167

Amaurea Press

Keepers of the HouseA Fragmented Memoir\nAuthor(s): Lisa St Aubin de Tern\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Amaurea Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Amaurea Press\nISBN-13: 9781914278167, 978-1914278167\nSynopsis\nA new edition of the best-selling, award-winning first book.\n\nWhen the Beltrn brothers came to this Andean valley, they found behind barred windows beautiful twin sisters last in the line of an illustrious conquistador. Through them the Beltrn dynasty was born a dynasty that ruled the valley for 200 years and was now returning to the dust.\n\nTwo centuries later, Lydia Sinclair was scarcely out of school when she fell in love with Don Diego Beltrn and left England behind for her husbands Andean estate. Benito, the familys oldest retainer, said that through her the valley would not be forgotten: 'Fate has brought you here to us, to chronicle our decline.'\n\nIn the night's stillness he told her of romance and battle, drought and pestilence, splendour and suffering.\n\nThe ch.