Peruvian traditions / by Ricardo Palma ; translated from the Spanish by Helen Lane ; edited with an introduction and chronology by Christopher Conway.
Contributors: Lane, Helen R.; Conway, Christopher.
Series: Library of Latin America
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Legends -- Peru.; Peru -- History.
Work titles: Tradiciones peruanas.
Description: "Peruvian author Ricardo Palma (1838-1919) was one of the most popular and imitated writers in Latin America during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As head of the National Library in Lima, Palma had access to a rich source of historical books and manuscripts. His historical miscellanies, which he called "traditions," are witty anecdotes about conquerors, viceroys, clergymen, and other notorious characters of Peru's colonial and republican past."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-263).