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She affectionately called him

(dad).

And he reciprocated her verbal cuddling by hanging a kidney stone from her neck.

This is how

spent it during the times they lived in Villa y Corte, back in the 50s and 60s. The trail of the protagonist of

or

in Madrid continued with the parties in her house on

street , in the then exclusive neighborhood of El Viso, so scandalous that her neighbor,

denounced her.

For similar reasons, the luxurious Ritz hotel had banned her entry.

And a young minister Manuel Fraga claimed 10,000 euros in taxes.

Also in the capital were the faces Cervantes and Lope de Vega, who even went so far as to fight a duel.

Due to things in life, the remains of the former rest in the

on Calle Cantarranas, which today, paradoxically, is called Lope de Vega.

The extensive list of traditional curiosities takes us to the

, where an official strongly requested that an exorcism be performed on the building.

Reason?

The place where

's

now stands was a

for the most needy, who were buried there along with victims of plagues and epidemics.

Another museum, that of the Prado, served, for its part, as a police barracks.

during the War of Independence and the lead from its roofs was even used to make bullets.

Various works from the Tintablanca collection.

These are some of the stories that are narrated, through detail, anecdotes, characters and landscapes, in the

from the Madrid publishing house

.

It was with this city, profiled by the journalist and writer

and illustrated by

, that he began his journey, although among its ranks there are titles that review the life and miracles of cities such as Barcelona, ​​Paris, London, New York, Rome and Berlin. .

luxury stationery

They are travel books, yes, but they are also works of art, since each one encloses in its

-made with imperial organic cotton fabric with

colors- and in its satin pages -of 100 grams and sewn with hilo- an authentic literary and artistic treasure.

Without forgetting the precious illustrations that accompany the texts, divided into

in which everything is discussed:

architecture, cinema, music, painting...

Interior of 'The paths of Don Quixote', by Antonio Lucas.

Two separate notebooks and drawings would be missing, included in each copy wrapped in

.

"Nobody makes books like that anymore, the old ones, in the style of the

. It was our dream and here it is," explains César Hernández in the plural, since he is one of the two editors of Tintablanca (the other his name is Manuel Mateo Pérez), dedicated to journalism and

since always.

In fact, they met at it.

And in it they continue.

"The idea was to create a label capable of publishing unique travel books that would reveal

essentials of the world in a different way", points out the second half of the project and author of one of its jewels, The Alhambra, since the metropolises themselves are not the only protagonists of the editorial.

From Venice to Massachusetts

So are emblematic places such as the aforementioned Granada monument,

(

, signed by the journalist and poet

), writers (

, by Aganzo, also responsible for Madrid) or even complete states.

This is the case of

, one of the last books to join the collection along with those from Venice or

.

Cover of 'Letters from Massachusetts'.

The writer

has been in charge of physically and literaryly exploring one of the mythical territories of the United States, as those responsible for the works, journalists, writers, painters or architects who know the intimacies of each destination, always do.

"Massachusetts is the main character in

. Concord, Salem, Lenox or Cape Cod are some of the places where writers lived that I always dreamed of. After a trip as beautiful as this one it will be difficult return to

before moving away," said Riñón Sirera during the presentation of his

, just a few days ago.

The words of her escort the illustrations of

who adds color and a lot of art to adventure.

ANNOTATIONS

VOLUMES.

Around the world in 13 titles

Madrid, Paris and New York were the first protagonists.

Later would come Rome, London or Berlin, in addition to Don Quixote or Antonio Machado.

ESTHETIC.

Exclusive design and

Luxury stationery is the key to books.

Its price is 29.90 euros and can be purchased in bookstores and at www.tintablanca.com

AUTHORS.

Writers, painters and journalists, from Ciceros

The signatories are journalists, writers, architects or artists who know the intimacies of each place, providing a different vision.

PRESENTS.

From bags to candles with the perfume of a city

The guides are joined by products such as writing pads, candles with the scent of the cities or bags with the illustrations of the books.

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