Letters from a Peruvian Woman
Title page from first edition of Lettres d'une Péruvienne | |
| Author | Madame de Graffigny |
|---|---|
| Original title | Lettres d'une Péruvienne |
| Language | French |
| Genre | Epistolary novel |
| Publisher | A. Peine |
Publication date | 1747 |
| Publication place | France |
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Letters from a Peruvian Woman (French: Lettres d'une Péruvienne) is a 1747 epistolary novel by Françoise de Graffigny. It tells the story of Zilia, a young Incan princess, who is abducted from the Temple of the Sun by the Spanish during the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. In a series of letters to her fiancé Aza, who is also the Sapa Inca, Zilia tells the story of her capture, her rescue by French sailors, her befriending of the captain Déterville and her introduction to French society.