Terence McMahon Hughes (biography)

   (Born in 1812 in Newry, Northern Ireland, and died in 1949 in the same town) was an Anglo-Irish writer, traveller and Hispanist mainly known by his Revelations of Spain (1845). Well-educated in languages as Latin, Greek, German, Portuguese and Spanish, he also knew their literature. He spent seven years in Spain, which resulted in his Revelations of Spain, a travel book containing commentaries of all kind, including education, manners, bullfighting, enology, contraband, dance, slavery, agriculture, medicine, literature, newspapers, nobility, universities and politics, among many others. He also describes cities such as Barcelona, Figueras, Zaragoza, Madrid, Seville and especially Cádiz, where he spent most of his time in Spain.

   He also wrote Irish Stew, or A Taste of Something Spicy and Suitable to the Time (1836), The Biliad or How to Criticize (1846) y An Overland Journey to Lisbon at the Close of 1846; with a picture of the actual state of Spain and Portugal (1847), another travel book including a route to Lisbon through Irún, San Sebastián, Vitoria, Burgos, Madrid, Talavera de la Reina, Trujillo, Mérida, Badajoz, Elvas and Estremoz. In addition, he wrote long poems Iberia won: A Poem Descriptive of the Peninsular War (1847) about the Spanish Independence War against the Napoleonic troops.

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