Woman on the Windowsill: A Tale of Mystery in Several Parts

bySylvia Sellers-garcia

February 18, 2020|
Woman on the Windowsill: A Tale of Mystery in Several Parts by Sylvia Sellers-garcia
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This meticulous account of the bizarre unsolved case of a pair of severed breasts found on a Guatemala City windowsill in 1800 sheds light on the forces that contributed to drastic changes to the social order and nature of justice in Guatemala at the brink of the modern era.
Sylvia Sellers-García is associate professor of history at Boston College. Her previous books include Distance and Documents at the Spanish Empire’s Periphery and When the Ground Turns in Its Sleep.
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Title:Woman on the Windowsill: A Tale of Mystery in Several Parts
Format:Hardcover
Product dimensions:296 pages, 8.25 X 5.5 X 1 in
Shipping dimensions:296 pages, 8.25 X 5.5 X 1 in
Published:February 18, 2020
Publisher:Yale University Press
Language:English
Appropriate for ages:All ages
ISBN - 13:9780300234282

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