Spanish Vistas

A man vanishes into a Burgos street, two cloaked assassins follow, and a shriek rings out—then turns to laughter. Only when the moonlight reveals the starry sky does George Parsons Lathrop realize he is watching the night from an inn window, not a theatre box.

In late-19th-century Spain, Lathrop and his companion arrive in Burgos on the eve of Corpus Christi, among ancient streets, fluttering balcony curtains and the melancholy cry of the night-watch. The next day brings a procession of priests, giants and dancing boys, where sacred pageantry meets comic disorder—and an unsuspecting visitor must learn the local customs as he goes. Lathrop’s amused eye catches both the town’s medieval hush and its startling bursts of life. What unexpected spectacle will Burgos reveal next?

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