DEVIL IN THE FLESH

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Look at this book entitled "Devil in the flesh". Answer these few questions about that book's protagonist:

a) Who was this character?
b) Who was her husband?
c) Tell me the names of five of her lovers.
d) What phrase did Pope Pius IX say about her?
e) What famous post-Romantic writer wrote a book,, with his brother,  in which he made fun of her? How was that book entitled? What nickname did this writer and his brother use for our celebrity's husband?
f) What famous nun, linked to San Clemente, had influence on the character of this post? What relationship had the nun with San Clemente?

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  1. Alejandro García 4ºA BILIN16 January 2019 at 09:55

    A) This character is Isabel ll
    B) His cousin, Don Francisco de Asís de Borbón, Duke of Cádiz.
    C) Salustiano Olózoga, José Vicente Ventosa, Agustín Arguelles, Francisco Frontela y José Mirall
    D) Es puta, pero pía
    E) Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer. Los borbones en pelota. Doña Paquita.
    F) Sor Patrocinio. This nun born in San clemente.

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  2. Luis Arcas Morcillo, 2º BTO B19 January 2019 at 05:17

    Hello, there! Here are my answers:

    a) The protagonist of this book is Queen Isabella II of Spain.
    b) Her husband was Francisco de Asís de Borbón, Duke of Cádiz.
    c) Isabella had many lovers. We can name, for example, Captain José María Arana ("El pollo Arana"), general O'Donnell, captain of engineers Enrique Puig Moltó (biological father of Alfonso XII of Spain), singer José Mirall and general Serrano (first official lover).
    d) Pope Pius IX said of Isabella II: "Es puta, pero pía".
    e) Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer wrote a book with his brother, Valerio Domínguez, entitled, "Los Borbones en Pelota". On it, Francisco de Asís de Borbón was called as "El rey consorte, primer pajillero de la Corte".
    f) Sor Patrocinio (also known as "the nun of the wounds") was a nun born in San Clemente (Cuenca) who had a lot of influence in the marriage of Isabella II of Spain and Francisco de Asís de Borbón. Among other things, she helped María Cristina de Borbón (Isabella's mother) pushing the Queen to marry Francisco.

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  3. Andrea Mariano19 January 2019 at 14:03

    a) Elisabeth II.
    b) Francisco de Asis de Borbón.
    c) El General Serrano, el cantante José Mirall, el compositor Emiliano Arrieta, el Coronel Gándara, el Marqués Manuel Lorenzo de Acuña.
    d) "Es puta, pero pía"
    e) -Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer and his brother Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer.
    -The book is "Los borbones en pelota"
    - Paco Natillas or "Paquita"
    f) -The nun was Sor Patrocinio ( la monja de las llagas).
    -The relationship is that San Clemente was the place where she was born.

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  4. Carlota Garcia 4A20 January 2019 at 06:55

    A) Isabel 2
    B) Francisco de Asís Borbón
    C) José Mirall, Francisco Serrano y Domínguez, Manuel Lorenzo de Acuña, Enrique Puig Moltó y Leopoldo O'Donnell
    D) She's a bitch, but pía ( Es puta, pero pía)
    E) - Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
    - Los Borbones en pelota
    - " doña Paquita"
    F) - Her name was Sor Patrocinio ( María Josefa de los Dolores) also called "La monja de las llagas"
    - She was born in San Clemente, the 27th of April of 1811.

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  5. Alejandro Garrido Gallego20 January 2019 at 09:26

    a)Isabella II
    b)Francisco de Asís de Borbón
    c)Agustín Arguelles,José Vicente Ventosa,Francisco Frontela,Salustiano Olózaga y José Mirall
    d)"Es puta, pero pía" Pope Pius IX
    e)Benito Pérez Galdós, La delos tristes destinos y Paquita
    f)

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  6. Javier Olivares Redondo 4ºB20 January 2019 at 10:54

    a) This character was Isabel II.
    b) Her husband was Francisco de Asis.
    c) Jose Vicente Ventosa, Francisco de Frontela, Emilio Arrieta, Carlos Marfori, José María Ruiz de Arana.
    d) She is a bitch but pia.
    e) Valeriano Becquer. The book was entitled like "Los Borbones en pelotas". The nickname was "el rey consorte, primer pajillero de la corte"
    f) Sor Pratocinio, also know like la Monja de las Llagas. Maria Josefa de los Dolores Anastasia de Quiroga Capopardo. The nun born in San Clemente.
    Javier Olivares Redondo 4ºB

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  7. Victor Martinez Segovia20 January 2019 at 11:08

    a) Isabel ll
    b) Francisco Asis de borbon
    c) Francisco Serrano, Jose MIrall, Emiliano Arrieta, Jose María de Arana and Enrique Puig Moltó.
    d) He said " es puta, pero pía "
    e)
    f)The nun Sor Patrocinio, that was from the order of the Inmaculada Concepción.

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  8. Pablo Buedo20 January 2019 at 15:29

    a)Isabel ll
    b)Don Francisco de Asís de Borbón, Duke of Cádiz.
    c)Francisco Serrano, Arana, Tirso Obregón, Francisco Frontela, José Mirall, Emiliano Arrieta, the coronel Gándara and Manuel Lorenzo de Acuña, marqués de Bedma.
    d)She is a bitch but pía. (Puttana, sì; ma molto pía).
    e)Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer y su hermano, Valeriano Bécquer. Eran ilustraciones pornográfico-satíricas.
    f) I kiss her mother, one of those who pressured her to marry.María de los Dolores Quiroga

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  9. Alejandro Garrido21 January 2019 at 13:49

    a) Isabel II de España
    b) Francisco de Asís de Borbón
    c) Emiliano Arrieta, Manuel Lorenzo de Acuña, Salustiano Olózaga, general Serrano y José Mirall
    d) "Es puta, pero pía"
    e) Bécquer "Los Borbones en pelota", Paquita
    f) Sor Patrocinio, she was born in San Clement

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