Diario de un testigo de la guerra de Africa

work by Alarcón y Ariza

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Diario de un testigo de la guerra de Africa (Diary of a Witness) is a literary work by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza. It is an eyewitness account of the Moroccan campaign of 1859–1860, which Alarcón participated in as a volunteer. The book is considered a masterpiece for its depiction of campaign life. Alarcón was a writer known for his novel El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat).1

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Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza
…material for his eyewitness account Diario de un testigo de la guerra de Africa (1859; Diary of a Witness), a masterpiece in its way as a description of campaigning life. On his return Alarcón became editor of the anticlerical periodical El Látigo, but in the years 1868–74 he ruined his…
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…material for his eyewitness account Diario de un testigo de la guerra de Africa (1859; Diary of a Witness), a masterpiece in its way as a description of campaigning life. On his return Alarcón became editor of the anticlerical periodical El Látigo, but in the years 1868–74 he ruined his…
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