Good Faith And Truthful Ignorance Summary

Book Review: Good Faith and Truthful Ignorance In the book Good Faith and Truthful Ignorance, co-written by Alexandra Parma Cook and Noble David Cook, the authors attempt to highlight the story of Francisco Noguerol de Ulla. Noguerol, as they reference him throughout the book, was put on trial in Spain for bigamy. Although, he claimed in “good faith and truthful ignorance” that he did so unwittingly. Both of the Cook authors walk the reader through his early years across the Atlantic in the new world, his trial upon his return to Spain, and his life after his decided fate. Through their walk through of his life, they highlight specific moments in his life to help the reader understand this story of “transatlantic bigamy.” Some of the events they focus on are his remarriage in the new world, his return to Spain and is put on trial for Bigamy, and his life in the Indies before his remarriage. They then connect how these specific events relate back to letters that Noguerol received from his sisters back in Spain. These events are important in understanding the importance of the content of the letters …show more content…
The Cook’s describe his thoughts on these letters as he reflects back on them from his cell of the royal jail. They state that, “…most of all he must have cursed the letters his sisters had written to him eleven years earlier, letters that were, in part, the cause of his present downfall.” These letters contained information that informed Noguerol, while he was away in the Indies , that his wife, doña Beatriz de Villasur, has passed away. During this timeAs such, his sisters also informed him that his mother was sick and begged him to come home. One of his sisters wrote to him concerning the condition of their mother and of the demise of his wife,