Born in Edinburgh and married to Spain’s first envoy to independent Mexico, Fanny Calderón de la Barca wrote home in vivid letters about everything she saw. Society balls, convents and church penitences, bandits on the roads, revolutions in the capital, haciendas, volcanoes and village fiestas all appear in her lively, observant and often amusing account.
Still one of the best travel books ever written about Mexico. Download the free EPUB.