by Juan Balansó · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401541094
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«Los diamantes de la Corona» is the historical essay by Juan Balansó, published by Plaza & Janés in 1999 in paperback (317 pages, in Spanish).
The book follows the history of the infantes of Spain, figures who lived in the shadow of the throne. Balansó portrays them in all their variants: opulent or secondary, submissive or rebellious, from don Juan, firstborn of the Catholic Monarchs, to the then heir Felipe de Borbón y Grecia.
It is the first edition, published in Barcelona in 1999 within the Historia Viva collection of Plaza & Janés; the volume includes photographs and black-and-white plates.
A read for those interested in the history of Spain and the monarchy, with attention to the biographies of its secondary figures.
