Testamentum

Fernando VII (1784-1833), déspota, enfermo, populista, austero, carente de firmeza, medianamente inteligente y aceptablemente culto, es sin duda uno de los mayores enigmas de la historia de España.

Based on the original manuscript, this book also contains the proper iconography of the literary work. It includes an introduction accompanied by a biography & a critical study of the work, the complete text, footnotes at the bottom of each page, glossary, illustrations of the original text, two bibliographies, & an index.

"España, durante casi medio siglo, vivió, unida y en paz, el periodo más constructivo de su historia contemporánea. Esto empiezan a no saberlo los niños españoles, porque les han contando en la escuela, en la tele y, quizá en casa, otra historia distinta"--Page 4 of cover.

A heart cries from exile. Memories of the country left behind mix with and get mixed up with the realities of the country of refuge. The stories in this collection taken together narrate the education of the heart, a heart uprooted by civil war in Spain and given refuge in Mexico, launched on a new life, to stitch them together to form a coherent whole.