1492

The narrative follows Jayme de Marchena, a reflective man whose ambiguous family origins and outspoken writings attract the hostility of a Dominican and the Inquisition. Amid royal ceremonies and court maneuvering, allies and rivals test loyalties: Don Enrique seeks the Marchioness de Moya, who presses Jayme to choose between conscience and public conformity and suggests leaving Spain. Interwoven scenes at sea evoke a driven westward voyage, with mariners and hidalgos feeling a steady easterly wind. The work contrasts ideals of service, exploration, and personal honor with the pressures of religious orthodoxy and social censure, tracing themes of faith, integrity, exile, and institutional power.