Donald L Lucero: 2 books
In the Dust of Time
A Novel Based on a True Series of Events
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
The land to the south of the villa of Santa Fe was a series of ridges, like ripples in the earth. Indians standing on the roofs of the casas reales in the pre-dawn hours of December 16, 1693, could see across the ruins of the village to the hills beyond. The sun was just beginning to light the mountains...
The Rosas Affair
Honor, Abuse of Power, and Retribution in Colonial New Mexico; A Novel Based on a True Story
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
In the winter of 1637, Luis de Rosas, a tough, two-fisted soldier, stood outside the convent door beating on its staves with a gloved hand. Appointed to the governorship of New Mexico, he had petitioned the viceregal authorities for permission to set out from the city of Mexico for Santa Fe in advance...