The Forbidden Diary of Concha Espina

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She arrived in Madrid with four children, with the little money she had earned from selling an emerald ring and 'The Girl from Luzmela' under her arm. She had had to rewrite the novel: her husband had destroyed the first version. She financed the first edition herself, and the book was so successful that Alfonso XIII ended up changing the name of the town that gave it its title. Mazcuerras became Luzmela. Concha Espina (1869-1955) was the first …