Wednesday, January 24, 2007

On the Eve of the Empress Carlota's Death, an Interview with a Member of Her Court, Cordelia Jordan de Degollado

Recently, in the Degollado Collection in the Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin, I found an old newspaper clipping from 1923. Copyright has expired, so here it is:
Excelsior, México, D.F.,
viernes 20 de julio de 1923

UNA DAMA DE LA CORTE DE CARLOTA
NOS RELATA COMO VIVIO EN MEXICO
LA SOBERANA QUE ESTA POR MORIR

La Señora Cordelia Jordan de Degollado
Recordó Ayer la Epoca del Llamado
Imperio de Maximiliano

Read more here.

This and other texts are available on my Maximilian page. OK, back to blog vacation. Back blogging in February.