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CHAPTER I: SEVILLE
(NOVEMBER 1830-MAY 1831)
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Political Condition of Spain—Ford as a Traveller—Life at Seville—Journey to Madrid by Diligence—Don Quixote’s Country—Return to Seville 1
CHAPTER II: THE ALHAMBRA
(MAY-NOVEMBER 1831)
The Alhambra—Addington’s Visit—Tour to Alicante, Valencia, Barcelona, Zaragoza, Madrid—Return to the Alhambra 34
CHAPTER III: SEVILLE REVISITED
DECEMBER 1831-DECEMBER 1832
Return to Seville—Execution of Torrijos—Question of Spanish Intervention in the Affairs of Portugal—Tarifa—Salamanca and North-Western Spain—Succession to the Spanish Crown 68
CHAPTER IV: SEVILLE AND GRANADA
(JANUARY-SEPTEMBER, 1833)
Seville—Granada—Tetuan—Festivities at Madrid—Return to England 109
CHAPTER V: EXETER
1833-1837
Death of Ferdinand VII.—Exeter—Projected Book on Spain—Purchase of Heavitree House—Marriage of Lord King and of Addington—First Article in the Quarterly Review—Death of Mrs. Ford 133
CHAPTER VI: HEAVITREE, NEAR EXETER
(1837-1845)
Literary Work—Engagement and Second Marriage—Articles in the Quarterly Review—Preparations for a Tour on the Continent—Promise to Write the Handbook for Travellers in Spain—Delays and Interruptions—George Borrow—Reviews of the Zincali and the Bible in Spain—Suppression of the First Edition of the Handbook—Final Publication—The Felicidade 158
CHAPTER VII: HEAVITREE AND LONDON
1845-1858
Success of the HandbookGatherings from Spain—Illness and Death of his Wife—Marriage with Miss Mary Molesworth—Telbin’s “Diorama of the Duke of Wellington’s Campaigns”—Francis Clare Ford and the Diplomatic Service—Death of Sir William Molesworth—Failing Health—Marriage of Clare Ford—Last Article in the Quarterly Review, and Last Letter to Addington—Death at Heavitree, August 31st, 1858 201
INDEX: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z 221

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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