LEADER 02806nam a2200589 i 4500001 99125420758006421 005 20210728112915.3 006 m o d | 007 cr |n||||||||| 008 210302s2021 onca ob 001 0beng^^ 020 9781487538590 |qelectronic book 020 1487538596 |qelectronic book 020 9781487538583 |qelectronic book 020 1487538588 |qelectronic book 035 (NhCcYBP)om979169731 037 22573/ctv1s3pz85 |bJSTOR 040 NhCcYBP |cNhCcYBP 042 lac 043 e-sp--- 045 v9w7 050 4 DP217.5.E76 |bS58 2021 082 04 946/.072092 |223 099 Electronic Resource 100 1 Shubert, Adrian, |d1953- |eauthor. 245 14 The sword of Luchana : |bBaldomero Espartero and the making of modern Spain, 1793-1879 / |cAdrian Shubert. 264 1 Toronto ;Buffalo ;London : |bUniversity of Toronto Press, |c[2021] 300 1 online resource : |billustrations (some color). 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 347 data file |2rda 490 1 Toronto Iberic ; |v60 520 "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--the throne of an industrializing nation. He fought against Napoleon, Simón Bolívar, and other Latin American independence leaders; won a seven-year civil war, the Carlist War of 1833-1840; served as Regent for the child queen Isabella II; and spent years in exile in England. He governed as Prime Minister and also received multiple noble titles, including that of Prince, which was normally reserved for members of the royal family. By his sixties, Espartero represented an almost mythical figure. Based on comprehensive archival research in Spain, Argentina, and the United Kingdom, The Sword of Luchana explores the public and private lives of this archetypal nineteenth-century hero. Adrian Shubert gives voice to the mass of ordinary Spaniards who revered Espartero as the embodiment of liberty and freedom, and to Jacinta Martínez de Sicilia and Santa Cruz, his wife of more than fifty years who played a key role in his public career. Including unprecedented access to Espartero's personal papers, and set against the background of wars and revolutions in Spain and its American empire, The Sword of Luchana is a compelling account of the history of a crucial period of war, revolution, and political and social change."-- |cProvided by publisher. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 533 Electronic reproduction. |bNew York |nAvailable via World Wide Web. 588 Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 28, 2021). 655 7 Biographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 600 10 Espartero, Baldomero, |d1793-1879. 650 0 Generals |zSpain |vBiography. 650 0 Prime ministers |zSpain |vBiography. 651 0 Spain |xHistory |yIsabella II, 1833-1868. 651 0 Spain |xPolitics and government |y1833-1868. 648 7 1833-1868 |2fast 776 08 |iPrint version:Shubert, Adrian, 1953- |tSword of Luchana. |dToronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2021 |z1487508603 |z9781487508609 830 0 Toronto Iberic ; |v60. 910 JSTOR DDA 956 40 |uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctv1s5nxhp 980 302011022