The True Adventures Of A Spanish Nun The True Story Of Catalina De Erauso

Download or read book THE TRUE ADVENTURES OF A SPANISH NUN - The true story of Catalina de Erauso written by Anon E. Mouse and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-12-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 219 ÿ In this 219th issue of the Baba Indaba?s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the true story of Catalina de Erauso who was born in Spain in 1592. When she was a child her father fell on hard times and placed Catalina in a convent where she was trained her to become a nun. Quick of mind, fast to anger and equally fast to forgive, Catalina was the despair and joy of the Mother Superior. The only problem is no-one had asked Catalina if she wanted to become a nun? The fact was she did not. At the earliest opportunity she escapes the convent and makes her way on foot to Aunt?s house. Then, re-sewing her clothes, she disguises herself as a youth and makes her way to Sanl£car where joins a fleet sailing for Peru. It is now that her many adventures as a man begins?... She survives being shipwrecked, gets imprisoned, escapes, fights duels, and crosses the Amazonian Andes on foot and has a life so full of adventure that women were not supposed to have. Indeed when the truth came out many men were envious even though they knew she was a woman?.. ÿ To read the full story of the eventful life of Catalina de Erauso, you are invited to download the story here and be taken away on a journey of adventures extraordinaire. ÿ 33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities. ÿ INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES ÿ Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps. ÿ Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories".