La madre del Rey

Synopsis of La madre del Rey

«La madre del Rey» is the biography of María de las Mercedes de Borbón written by Fernando Gracia, published by Temas de Hoy in paperback (269 pages).

Fernando Gracia traces the life of María de las Mercedes de Borbón, Countess of Barcelona and mother of Juan Carlos I: exile, natural discretion, and the often overlooked role she played in the destiny of the Spanish monarchy, in a work combining personal portrait with historical chronicle.

This is the 1st edition, published in 1994, and includes an index. It is part of the España hoy Collection (no. 30) from Temas de Hoy.

For readers of Spanish monarchy history and biographies of twentieth-century women.