Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, the astonishingly brilliant 17th century poet and dramatist, this nun, flew through Mexico City on wings of inspiration. Having no dowry, she chose the life of a nun so that she might learn, so that she might write, so that she might meet the most fascinating people of the western world. She accomplished all of that. Then one day a woman with violet eyes, eyes the color of passion flowers, entered her life. It was the...