- History, Personal narratives, Social life and customs, Spanish Civil War
An autobiographical account by the Spanish republican Constancia de la Mora in which she describes her life from her birth into an aristocratic Spanish family to her exile in the United States after the Spanish Civil War. It was published in 1939 in English as *In place of Splendor: the autobiography of a Spanish woman* and in 1944 in Spanish in Mexico as *Doble esplendor. Autobiography of a Spanish woman*.
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- Author
- Constancia de la Mora
- First published
- 1948
- Pages
- 467
- Publisher
- Creative Media Partners, LLC, Clapton Press, The, Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- German, English, Spanish, French
- ISBN
- 9783876825694
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“Hacía frío en Madrid aquel día de enero de 1906 en que yo nací.”
Constancia de la Mora Maura (Madrid, 28 de enero de 1906-Guatemala, 27 de enero de 1950) fue una aristócrata española —nieta del político conservador Antonio Maura— que apoyó firmemente la causa republicana durante la Guerra Civil. Militante comunista, se casó con el jefe de las Fuerzas Aéreas Republicanas, el general Hidalgo de Cisneros, y dirigió la Oficina de Prensa Extranjera de la República. Su autobiografía, *Doble esplendor*, constituye un interesante documento sobre la historia de una mujer española en la primera mitad del siglo XX, concretamente sobre la vida de una mujer que se rebela contra las convenciones sociales propias de su clase. La segunda mitad del libro contiene un rela
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