Amaya is a Christian noblewoman, daughter of a Basque woman and Ranimiro, the ruthless Visigoth general.
Eudes, duke of Cantabria, is Pacomio's son, but, by hiding his Jewish origin, has reached a high post in the Visigoth kingdom and aspires to power beyond what his allies and his father would allow.
The novel is influenced by the works of Walter Scott [1] and the Catholic movement Carlism presenting the Navarrese as the defenders of Spanish monarchy and Christianity.
The young Miguel de Unamuno was impressed after reading Amaya and Arturo Campión's Blancos y negros.
[5] Jesús Guridi's opera Amaya (inspired by the novel) debuted at the Coliseo Albia of Bilbao in 1920.