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My English editor, Jennifer Hershey.

My loyal researcher, Sarah Hillesheim.

My agents, Lluis Miquel Palomares, Gloria Gutierrez, Maribel Luque, and Johanna Castillo.

Alfonso Bolado, who carefully checks my manuscripts out of pure affection, because he’s already retired. He forces me to do my best.

Jorge Manzanilla, the ruthless (and according to him, good-looking) reader who corrects my slips, because after forty years of living in English, I commit dreadful grammatical and other mistakes.

Adam Hochschild, for his extraordinary book Spain in Our Hearts, and fifty or more other authors whose books were invaluable for my historical research.