Life in MexicoOriginally 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. |
Contents
October to December 1839 | 13 |
January to June 1840 | 79 |
July to December 1840 | 229 |
January to June 1841 | 303 |
July to December 1841 | 385 |
January to April 1842 | 527 |
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