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Cervantes Leaves His Pretty Wife and Looks for a Job
A few days after his wedding Cervantes must already have suspected that he had made a mistake. His wife was cheerful and pretty and passably wealthy but he couldn’t stand her little town. How was he going to spend the … Continue reading
Posted in 1, Cervantes, history, literature, Spain, Spanish Armada
Tagged biscuits, card games, commissary, Crown, fleet, gambling, jobs, Seville
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