The Pearl of Lima

Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction. 

The action was in Lima, the Peruvian capital of the republic in the 20s of the XIX century. The story plunges readers into the atmosphere of past years. The son of an Indian chief - Martin Paz fell in love with the daughter of a local moneylender. The moneylender had already chosen more suitable groom for her, but it did not stop the proud descendant of the Incas. Martin could not forget about the «other - he and his father managed the imminent uprising Indians, who were determined to expel the descendants of the Spanish colonizers… Read the story till the end to know it!