An English artist arrived in Cuba in 1864, when the island was peaceful and prosperous, and stayed until the first year of its troubles. He describes life as a resident rather than a tourist: painting commissions, Spanish officials and creole families, servants and street life, festivals, and the elaborate etiquette of a Philharmonic Society ball.
A lively, observant portrait of colonial Cuba on the eve of the Ten Years’ War. Download the free EPUB.