Alexandra Parma Cook

This is the tale of Francisco Noguerol de Ulloa who fled to Peru in 1534 to escape an unwanted marriage. While he was there, accumulating fame and fortune in the service of the King, his sisters (both nuns) wrote him that his wife had died. More than 20 years after his arrival in the New World, he returned to Spain with his new bride only to discover that his first wife was very much alive...
There is a great deal of information here on the Spanish legal system and the government in the New World. Also good for the status of wives, their financial rights and the definition of marriage.… (mere)