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Detailed Entry: Don Manuel Sarratea [false name] Ferdinand the Seventh; or, a Dramatic Sketch of the Recent Revolution in Spain. Translated from the Spanish . . .

Author(s) Don Manuel Sarratea [false name]
Unattributed Authorship Yes
Title Ferdinand the Seventh; or, a Dramatic Sketch of the Recent Revolution in Spain. Translated from the Spanish . . .
Place(s) of Publication London
Publisher(s) Sherwood
Publication Date 1823
Format 8vo.
Pagination or volumes vii + 253
Price 10/- boards
Reference MR, CIII, 100-l; Internet Archive
Comment The authorship is a fiction adopted by the anonymous "Translator" in order to intervene in current international politics on the side of "Spanish Independence and Freedom." Manuel de Sarratea (1774-1849) was an Argentinian revolutionary and in later years an ambassador for his country.

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