Lady of Spain: A Life of Jane Dormer, Duchess of Feria
Dec 15, 2021
3 minutes
By Simon Courtauld
Mount Orleans Press £22.50
Every summer, the English in their millions jet off to Spain, swelling the hundreds of thousands already living out their retirement in the Spanish sun.
In the 16th century, a visit to Spain was a rather less enticing prospect for residents of England, even before the two countries went to war. It wasn’t just the absence of air-conditioning and the stomach-churning passage across the Bay of Biscay. There was also the
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