The Plumed Serpent: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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The Plumed Serpent is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) (1885–1930).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The Plumed Serpent" by D. H. Lawrence is a political, mythological, and romance novel published in 1926. Set in post-revolutionary Mexico, it follows Kate Leslie, an Irish tourist who becomes entangled with two charismatic men leading a radical religious movement. Don Ramón and General Don Cipriano seek to abolish Christianity and restore ancient Aztec gods to power. As Kate is drawn deeper into their world, she faces a fateful choice about marriage and her role in their dangerous vision for Mexico's spiritual transformation.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Plumed Serpent
- Author credits: Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) (1885–1930)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Cults -- Mexico -- Fiction
- Irish -- Mexico -- Fiction
- Mexico -- Fiction
- Political fiction
- Quetzalcoatl (Aztec deity) -- Fiction
- Revolutions -- Fiction
- Serpent worship -- Fiction
- Widows -- Fiction
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Novels
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