Francisca de la Cruz, a wealthy orphan, and Mariana de Castro, her widowed Protestant friend, live in a town where they are the center of hostile gossip. Father Francisco Verdugo, the Inquisitor, has his own ambitions. He has his greedy eyes on the orphan heiress' properties, but he needs a prete...

Zinga, a gypsy woman, is sentenced to death by guillotine for her crimes, claiming to be innocent. She's given a choice, to lose her head by the blade or to be given over to the wealthy, incarcerated Marquis de la Croix. Zynga chooses the Marquis. Now the Marquis has the girl's life in his hands ...

In 1501 the Spanish Inquisition is still in force. Isabel's inebriate father proudly announces his daughter's engagement to Torquemada, a brutal lord, without consulting his lovely daughter and she refuses to agree to the wedding. When his father grabs her on the turret of the lord's castle, ther...