# Under the Southern Cross

Author: Alcock, Deborah, 1835-1913

Genre: Peru -- History -- 1548-1820 -- Fiction

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77308

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Under+the+Southern+Cross+Alcock&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

On a burning autumn afternoon,—in the Sixteenth Century, which had then passed its meridian by rather more than ten years,—Don Fray Tomas de San Martin, the stately prior of the great Franciscan monastery of Ciudad de los Reyes, now called Lima, was sitting alone in his private apartment. Meaner and idler men were dozing the sultry hours away; but it was not in the nature of Fray Tomas to seek repose while the duties of his calling, the interests of his Order, or the concerns of any of his numerous friends required his attention. In spite of physical languor and exhaustion, an expression of satisfaction lit up his countenance as he finished his second careful perusal of a letter he held i...

## Chapters

- [Part 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/25/index.md)
- [Part 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/23/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/22/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/24/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/21/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/under-the-southern-cross-77308/chapters/26/index.md)