The sword of Luchana : Baldomero Espartero and the making of modern Spain, 1793-1879 /

"Born into obscurity in a rural backwater of central Spain in the waning years of the eighteenth century, Baldomero Espartero (1793-1879) led a life resembling that of a character created by Stendhal or Gabriel García Márquez. As a seventy-five-year-old man he was offered--and turned down--th...

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Dades bibliogràfiques
Autor principal: Shubert, Adrian, 1953- (Autor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press [2021]
Col·lecció:Toronto Iberic ; 60.
Accés en línia:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctv1s5nxhp
Taula de continguts:
  • From Gránatula to America, February 1793-February 1815
  • Defender of the Empire, February 1815-November 1825
  • Defender of the Throne, November 1825-September 1836
  • Commander in Chief, September 1836-August 1839
  • The Reluctant Revolutionary, August 1839-May 1841
  • Regent of the Realm, May 1841-July 1843
  • Exile and Return, July 1843-July 1854
  • "The Personification of Liberty," July 1854-July 1856
  • The Retiree of Logroño, July 1856-September 1868
  • "King or President?" September 1868-December 1870
  • The Necessary Man, January 1871-March 1876.