Carlos Álvarez will present his book "La Señora Beatriz Bobadilla, señora de Gomera y Fierro" this Thursday at 8:30 p.m. in the Arrecife Municipal Archive. In addition to the author, Soraya Morales and Eduardo Casamayor Pérez-Insa will also participate.
In his book, Carlos Álvarez narrates with rigor and a sense of humor a stage of the history of the Canary Islands that is little known in Spain, that is, its conquest, which began in 1402 by Jean de Béthencourt and ended in 1496 by the Crown of Castile, and its consequent incorporation into the Kingdom.
The story of the book revolves around 1482 when Beatriz de Bobadilla arrived in La Gomera, married to Hernán Peraza, lord of the island. It was a marriage arranged by Isabel la Católica to keep her away from the court and her love affairs with King Fernando.
By the way, the Crown of Castile sealed an alliance with the Peraza and Herrera families, entitled Kings of the Canary Islands, to finish the conquest of Gran Canaria, La Palma and Tenerife, which still remained "wild and unsubmissive."
That exile plunged Beatriz de Bobadilla, known as "The Huntress", into a world to be made, violent and changing, far from the court and the refined violence of love intrigues. There she witnessed the rebellion of the Gomeros, the murder of her husband at the hands of the rebels, and the subsequent repression with blood, fire and slavery.
She was also prey to jealousy, witness to conspiracies, accomplice and executor of cruel murders. And also an accomplice of the enigmatic adventurer who opened a new route to the east, sailing from his island of La Gomera, to the west. A story of survival on the very edge of the end of the world and at the door of the new one. Beatriz de Boadilla marked the history of the Canary Islands.
The author Carlos Álvarez has lived in the Canary Islands for years, he is dedicated to journalism and writing scripts for audiovisuals. With "La pluma del arcángel" (2000) he obtained the Benito Pérez Armas Novel Prize and with the book of stories "Negra hora menos" (1990), the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Narrative Prize. He was also the author, together with Antonio J. Betancor, of the script for the film Mararía (1998).