Ioulia Kolovou Books

Set in the Eastern Roman Empire during the First Crusade, Anna's story as an imperial princess and the medieval era's first female historian unfolds.

For years, the best that young girls from the backwater village of Alta Gracia couldhope for was a position in the Big House, home of the immensely powerful andpolitically influential Goyena family. So, when Señ orita Delia Lugghi - enigmaticteacher and devout Peró nist - arrives from Buenos Aires to found a state school inthe village, the future of Milagros Riquelme suddenly seems to be full of possibilities.But change rarely does come easily. Inspired by true events, this story charts a lifeof tragedy, love, and missed opportunity, as Milagros goes from girlhood to old age.all the while being forced to navigate the violent landscape of Argentina in the mid-twentieth century.