Touring Mexico, Kate Leslie is at first repelled by its "primitive" culture and the fervor of the country in the throes of the Mexican Revolution. When she meets Mexican general Don Cipriano, though, everything changes. He and the philosophical Don Ramón introduce Kate to their primeval religious beliefs, and Kate surrenders to a side of herself she did not know was there.

The Plumed Serpent was written in author D. H. Lawrence's distinctive style, exploring the hidden desires and behaviors present in all of us. The novel was penned while the author was living in New Mexico on what is now the D. H. Lawrence Ranch.

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