Wife of an American embassy secretary, Edith O’Shaughnessy wrote home from Mexico City during the revolutionary year of 1911, when Porfirio Díaz fell and Francisco Madero rose. Her letters mix the dinners and gossip of the diplomatic corps with sharp sketches of politicians, soldiers and the city around her.
An observant insider’s view of the Mexican Revolution’s first act, by the author of A Diplomat’s Wife in Mexico. Download the free EPUB.