by Emilio Calle, Ada Simón · Espasa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788467023763
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«La rival de la reina» is the biographical novel by Emilio Calle and Ada Simón, published by Espasa in paperback (350 pages, in Spanish).
The work rescues the figure of Carmen Ruiz Moragas, known for her relationship of more than fifteen years with Alfonso XIII and for the two children she had with him. It reviews her theatrical beginnings with María Guerrero, her marriage to the bullfighter Rodolfo Gaona, her participation in the cultural and intellectual life of the era, and her relationship with the poet Juan Chabás.
The work belongs to the Espasa Narrativa collection and was published in 2007; the cover features the subtitle «Carmen Ruiz Moragas, la gran pasión de Alfonso XIII».
Reading for those seeking historical biographies about female figures linked to the Spanish monarchy of the early twentieth century.
