Of the 110 letters pertaining to the last seven years of Quevedo's life (1639-1645), 42 were composed during his four-year imprisonment in San Marcos de Leon. They are extensive and addressed to two d
Francisco de Quevedo, the Spanish poet and satirist whose books were by far the most widely read in Spain in the 17 th century, died unaware that his genius had created modern satire in Spanish, and t
La exactitud y la precisiA3n de las noticias recogidas por los Jesuitas en estas cartas han sido elogiadas por historiadores de la talla de Gregorio MaraAnA3n y Pascual de Gayangos. Hace 16 aAnos Cro
