Wednesday, January 21st, 2015 at 6:30pm Presentation, reception and signing. Canning House (The Hispanic and Luso Brazilian Council) : Where the UK meets Latin America and Iberia 14/15 Belgrave Square London SW1X 8PS England More details: https://www.canninghouse.org/events/launch-alina-garcia-lapuertas-la-belle-creole/
Discussion and book signing of La Belle Créole
September 4th at 7:00pm Inkwood Books 216 South Armenia Avenue Tampa, FL Phone 813-253-2638 www.inkwoodbooks.com
Paris Avant – Searching for Mercedes’ Vanished World
After tracking Mercedes through the streets of old Havana, I thought that Paris would be a relatively easy task. After all, Paris is so well known, so well documented and so well loved. Its famous sights are endless: the grand boulevards, the Tuileries Gardens, the Louvre and Notre Dame. I even had exact addresses, the […]
Book presentation and signing
October 7th from 6-7:30 pm Palm Beach Bookstore 215 Royal Poinciana Way Palm Beach, FL
La Belle Créole: Rediscovering the life of the Condesa de Merlin – including audio-visual presentation
Thursday September 11th, 2014 – 7:00pm Cuban Heritage Collection co-sponsored by Books and Books Goizueta Pavilion Richter Library University of Miami Coral Gables, FL
Old Havana after the Rain
Voyage to Havana part 4
While walking the streets of La Vieja Habana in my quest to retrace the steps of Mercedes Santa Cruz, the Condesa de Merlin, my friend Gerry and I found ourselves caught more than once in a tropical downpour. One day, we were repeatedly drenched. In the former Casa of […]
La Belle Créole: Rediscovering the Life of a Cuban-Born Star of 19th-Century Parisian Society
Thursday, September 25, 2014 reception at 6:30 pm, program at 7:00 pm Copley Formal Lounge Copley Hall Georgetown University Book signing to follow RSVP by September 22 at library.georgetown.edu/rsvp or 202.687.7446
La Belle Créole: Rediscovering the life of a Cuban-born star of 19th century Parisian society – Mercedes Santa Cruz, Comtesse Merlin
Monday, September 29 2014 – 6:30-8:00 pm The New York Public Library (NYPL) Mid-Manhattan Branch 455 Fifth Avenue Program Biographer Alina García-Lapuerta will discuss her book, La Belle Créole: The Cuban Countess who Captivated Havana, Madrid and Paris, chronicling the story of the acclaimed singer, salon hostess and Cuba’s earliest female author. Mercedes defied all […]