Friar Simão's Guerrilla, (Paperback)

<p>In the turbulent Portugal of the nineteenth century, loyalty, faith, love, and vengeance collide in a country torn between absolutist and constitutionalist forces.</p><p><b>Friar Simão's Guerrilla</b> is a historical novel of civil conflict, religious passion, and personal tragedy. At its center stands José Maximo, a man shaped by political upheaval, romantic disappointment, exile, and war. Around him moves a vivid cast of friars, soldiers, villagers, aristocrats, conspirators, and women caught between family duty and private suffering.</p><p>Alberto Pimentel reconstructs a dramatic period of Portuguese history with the intensity of a romantic novelist and the eye of a chronicler. The result is a sweeping narrative of devotion and betrayal, where public violence and private heartbreak become inseparable.</p><p>This translated edition brings a forgotten Portuguese historical novel to English-language readers, preserving its nineteenth-century atmosphere while making its language accessible to a modern audience. Rich in political tension, religious imagery, and emotional drama, <b>Friar Simão's Guerrilla</b> will appeal to readers of historical fiction, classic literature, Iberian history, and novels set amid civil war and ideological conflict.</p>

• Friar Simão's Guerrilla, (Paperback)
• Author: M Smouch
• ISBN: 9798197358080
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-05-17
• Page Count: 278