My Name is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende

‘A spellbinding masterpiece’ Santa Montefiore

The captivating new historical novel from literary legend Isabel Allende – a riveting tale of love and war, discovery and redemption

Emilia del Valle was always destined for great things. Abandoned at birth by her Chilean aristocrat father, Emilia comes of age in nineteenth-century San Francisco as an independent and fiercely ambitious young woman, decades ahead of her time. She will do whatever it takes to pursue her life’s passion for writing, even if it means publishing under a man’s name.

When Emilia lands a position as a journalist for the Daily Examiner, her unwavering sense of adventure – and newfound determination to survive in her own name – leads her to seize the chance to cover a brewing civil war in Chile alongside another talented reporter.

But the assignment offers Emilia more than just an opportunity to prove herself as a writer. Before long she finds herself on a treacherous, life-changing journey in a homeland she never knew, to uncover the truth about her father – and herself.

A new masterclass in historical storytelling from Isabel Allende, My Name is Emilia del Valle is a powerful tale of love and war, discovery and redemption, told by a valiant young woman who confronts monumental challenges, survives, and reinvents herself along the way.

PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR

‘A grand storyteller’ KHALED HOSSEINI
‘A new novel by Isabel Allende is always a treat’ DAILY MAIL
‘What a joy it must be to come upon Allende for the first time’ COLUM MCCANN
‘A global literary great’ i

A new masterclass in historical fiction from literary legend Isabel Allende, this is the extraordinary story of Emilia del Valle – an unforgettable young woman whose tale of love and war, discovery and redemption, takes us from nineteenth-century San Francisco to Santiago

About the Author: Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende is a literary living legend and phenomenon. With 77 million books sold, she is the most-read author in the Spanish language throughout the world, and a blockbuster international bestseller of adult novels. A novelist, feminist and philanthropist, Isabel won worldwide acclaim in 1982 with her first novel, The House of the Spirits. Her work has been translated into over 42 languages, and received the PEN Center Lifetime Achievement Award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She lives in California.

06 May 2025
 

My Name is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende ISBN 9781526687654