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...Narcissus. He joined a steamship expedition up the Congo, which became the setting for Heart of Darkness. The circumstances of his life would seem to require little exaggeration, but Conrad loved to romanticize everything, including himself. As Tennant shows, he probably never ran guns to Spain's Carlist rebels, as he later claimed...
Died. Prince Xavier de Borbon y Parma, 87, patriarch of the Carlist family of pretenders to the Spanish throne; of a heart attack; in Chur, Switzerland. Distant cousins of King Juan Carlos, Xavier's family fought and lost two civil wars for the crown during the 19th century; the prince was heir to their romantic lost cause. Although the Roman Catholic Carlists supported Franco during the Spanish Civil War, the generalissimo refused to recognize their dynastic claims and subsequently expelled Prince Xavier from the country. In recent years, a family feud between Xavier's sons-Leftist Prince Hugo...
...mountain warriors" who "wear no helmets in battle." One-fifth of the territory was integrated into the French domain at the end of the French Revolution in 1789. The remaining four-fifths, the states of Alaba, Bizcaya, Gipuzcoa and Nabarra were annexed by Spain in 1839 after the first Carlist war. It was at this time, after centuries of freedom, that the Basques first lost their independence. Euskadi-- the Basque word for Basqueland--became an occupied nation...
...most spectacular of Conrad's adventures is related in The Arrow of Gold. The adventure began when Conrad, then only 19, was running guns off the Spanish coast for the Carlist Pretender to the Spanish throne. Pursued by a Spanish warship, the captain ran the ship on the rocks. All aboard swam safely to shore, hid in a cellar until the way to France was clear...
Spurting Wine. Nonetheless, under pressure from the followers of Juan Carlos, and with his own chronic misgivings about anything that remotely threatens public order, Franco let Carlos and Irene know that it was his "wish" that they not attend the Carlist rally at Montejurra. Since his future depends on Franco's whim, Carlos meekly flew off with his bride to the Canary Islands instead. His younger sister Cecilia, wearing an ivory dress and red beret, went in his place. Priming their parched throats with spurts of red wine from goatskin botas, the Carlists cheered lustily for Carlos and shouted...