Life in Mexico

by Madame Calderón de la Barca

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Originally published in 1843, Fanny Calderon de la Barca, gives her spirited account of living in Mexico-from her travels with her husband through Mexico as the Spanish diplomat to the daily struggles with finding good help-Fanny gives the reader an enlivened picture of the life and times of a country still struggling with independence.… (more)

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The diary of the wife of the first Spanish Ambassador to an indepent Mexico, this book is filled with insights about both countries and a fascinating historical document of the nineteenth century.

Doublemet | Jan 15, 2010 |

1840s account of Mexican life by Scottish wife of the first Spanish envoy to Mexico following independence. 54 Letters to her family. Preface by William Prescott, Boston author of History of Ferdinand and Isabella. (

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Baerlein, Henry	Introduction	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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La vida en México: Durante una residencia de dos años en ese país

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Originally published in 1843, Fanny Calderon de la Barca, gives her spirited account of living in Mexico-from her travels with her husband through Mexico as the Spanish diplomat to the daily struggles with finding good help-Fanny gives the reader an enlivened picture of the life and times of a country still struggling with independence.

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