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...Marquesita ..." In a letter to a Spanish weekly, one Marqués de Castelvel, whose hobby is heraldry, pointed out that the title Escalona del Valle did not and never had existed in Spain. Newspapers sent their far-flung reporters scurrying. They found that there was no mansion in San Sebastián, no ranch in Andalusia, no palace in Seville, no stocks and no cash. When Valencia's Bureau of Criminal Investigation stepped in, the whole truth emerged: Faustino was not even a lawyer, but a law student who had flunked out; his documents were all forgeries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: For 15 Days | 9/24/1951 | See Source »

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