A novel of social realism set in a small Roman Catholic village near Guadalajara, Mexico, a few months before the Revolution of 1910. The novel is a study of the emotional and sexual repression of a society in turmoil as traditional bonds break down in an atmosphere charged with violence, murder, and loss.

Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough was an Irish antiquarian who sought to prove that the indigenous peoples of the Americas were a Lost Tribe of Israel. His principal contribution was in making available facsimiles of ancient documents and some of the earliest explorers' reports on Pre-Columbian ruins and Maya civilization. The eldest son of George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston, Lord Kingsborough represented Cork County in parliament between 1818 and...