Los Amos del Valle (''Masters of the Valley'') is a Venezuelan novel written by psychiatrist

Francisco Herrera Luque Francisco José Herrera Luque (Caracas, 14 December 1927 – Caracas, 15 April, 1991) was a Venezuelan writer, psychiatrist and diplomat. He is the author of several well-known historical novels, including: ''Boves, el Urogallo'' (1972), ''Lo ...

and published in 1979. The novel describes Venezuelan life since the conquest of Caracas Valley until Simón Bolivar's baptism. The title makes reference to the Mantuano, noble families who had great control of this particular area.

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