Letters from the Pyrenees

In 1659, Luis de Haro met with Cardinal Jules Mazarin in the Pyrenees to conclude a peace treaty and marriage agreement that would end over 20 years of war between Spain and France. The hitherto unpublished letters which Haro sent to Philip IV from the peace conference are fascinating to read and offer an account of the negotations that often diverges radically from what Mazarin reports in his letters to the French court. This edition offers a mix of the original letters in Spanish, with summaries of the letters, numerous explanatory notes and introduction in English.