Las gobernadoras

June 18, 2026. Book presentation: The Governors, by Cruz Sánchez de Lara. Publisher's synopsis: A great historical novel that reveals the invisible and decisive role of women and Spain in the building of the United States. They didn't appear in official portraits. They didn't sign laws. They didn't wear uniforms. But they decided everything. At the end of the 18th century, in New Orleans, a silent plot unfolded that made the independence of the United States possible. In a land marked by empires that divide power behind the backs of their inhabitants, the sisters Isabel and Felícitas Saint-Maxent are raised not to obey, but to govern. In the salons, amidst embroidery and silences, a web of alliances, secrets, and decisions is woven that will change the destiny of two continents. Years later, a granddaughter discovers that her family's story is not the one she was told. There were hidden letters, unthinkable decisions, espionage, betrayals that hurt all the more for being silent. And behind every diplomatic gesture, a battle was being waged. The Governors, set between cosmopolitan New Orleans and elegant Málaga, is a great novel about women who knew how to maintain an empire from the shadows. A powerful, delicate, and profound saga about what it means to protect your own... even when the world erases you from the story. Welcome: León de la Torre, Director General of Casa de América. Rosa Pérez, editor at Espasa. Mariano de Paco, Minister of Culture, Tourism, and Sports of the Community of Madrid. Participants: Cruz Sánchez de Lara, Executive Vice President of El Español, editor at Magas, and author of the book. Luis María Ansón, journalist and writer. Closing Remarks: Susana Sumelzo, Secretary of State for Ibero-America and the Caribbean and Spanish in the World. Master of Ceremonies: Ana Núñez Milara, Deputy Director of El Español. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International