Somerset Maugham’s last novel, Catalina, is set in Spain during the time of the Inquisition.
Catalina is a crippled girl, supposedly cured by divine intervention after witnessing a vision of the Virgin Mary. As a result she is pressured into becoming a nun in a Carmelite convent.
However Catalina chooses to obey her heart rather than the demands of the Church and is determined to marry the man she loves.
William Somerset Maugham (1874 – 1965) was an English playwright, novelist, and short-story writer.
Published by Reprint Society in 1949.
Books is in good condition with dust jacket and the binding is intact.
