Cover of Frances Calderón de la Barca née Frances Erskine Inglis

Mark as

Frances Calderón de la Barca née Frances Erskine Inglis

by Marion Hall Fisher

"Frances Erskine Inglis, daughter of a prominent lawyer and Freemason, was born in Edinburgh in 1804. As the Marquesa de Calderón de la Barca, she died in Madrid's Royal Palace in 1882. During her life she was a teacher, legation hostess, and successful author, remembered now for her travel classic Life in Mexico and semi-fictional The Attaché in Madrid. But her books tell nothing about the greater part of her far-ranging career, which led through a half-dozen countries in response to bankruptcy, extortion, marriage, diplomacy, and revolution. For this colorful biography the authors have...

Buy this book Review

More by Marion Hall Fisher

Cover of AMC guide to country walks near Baltimore

Cover of Amc Guide to Country Walks Near Boston

Cover of AMC guide to country walks near Boston within reach by public transportation

Cover of Between Russians, Ottomans, and Turks

Cover of Cancer in the United States

Cover of Charmer of Snakes

Cover of Chronicles of Enoch : Preludes

Cover of Country walks and bikeways in the Philadelphia region

Cover of Country Walks in the Chicago Region (Country Walks Book)

Cover of Country walks near Baltimore

Cover of Country Walks near Baltimore

Cover of Country Walks Near Baltimore (Country Walks Book)

Cover of Country Walks Near Boston (Country Walks Book)

Cover of Country walks near Chicago

Cover of Country Walks Near Philadelphia

Cover of Country walks near Washington

Cover of Dahlias of Today 2022

Cover of Day trips in Delmarva

Cover of Day Trips in Delmarva, 3rd Edition

Cover of La traversée de Terioki

Cover of Listen with credulity

Recent activity

Rate this book to see your activity here.

Comments and reviews

Please sign in to leave a comment