Celestial Persuasion by Mirta Ines Trupp

This is such a brilliant combination of historical and women's fiction, as well as a tribute to Jane Austen's Persuasion It begins in England in the Regency era and travels to Buenos Aires, in the beginnings of a fight for the South American colonies' independence from Spain.īrilliant, but unable to go to college because she is a woman, Abigail Isaacs has few choices other than to study astronomy in her comfortable English home. Can these two troubled souls be persuaded to heed the stars and find love-and their purpose-in this fledgling nation? Their destinies have been plotted beyond the celestial veil their charts foretell of adventure. She is quite unlike anyone he has ever known, and Raphael begins to wonder whether the brilliant astronomer will see beyond his frivolous façade and recognize his true nature. But as he prepares to set sail with the others, he is entrusted with the care of a young woman. In his relentless pursuit for justice, Lieutenant Raphael Gabay lends his sword to the Spanish American cause. When instead Captain Wentworth of the HMS Laconia sends a tragic reply, Abigail is asked to set aside her own ambitions and fulfill her brother’s dreams in the Viceroyalty of Río de la Plata.

However, upon her father’s demise she finds herself in reduced circumstances and must write to her brother, who has long been away at sea. Abigail Isaacs fears ever again falling under the power of love and dedicates her life to studying the heavens.

Celestial Persuasion by Mirta Ines Trupp