Leona, a love story
By: Elizabeth Borton de Treviño.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
Subjects: Vicario, Leona, 1789-1842 -- Juvenile fiction.; Vicario, Leona, 1789-1842 -- Fiction.; Mexico -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1810-1821 -- Juvenile fiction.; Mexico -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1810-1821 -- Fiction.
Description: In early nineteenth-century Mexico, sixteen-year-old Leona Vicario, loyal to Spain and engaged to a wealthy widower, struggles to come to terms with her growing revolt against Spain's harsh treatment of Mexicans and her love for a young revolutionary lawyer.