Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/conversation-esmeralda-santiago-author-of-conquistadora Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story Set in the 1800’s, Esmeralda Santiago’s epic novel, “Conquistadora”, tells two coming-of-age stories: one of its heroine, Ana Cubillas, the daughter of Spanish aristocrats who becomes head of a plantation in the new world, and the other of Puerto Rico itself.