Download or read book Valera: Commander Mendoza written by Susan McKenna and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-21 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano (1824-1905), one of nineteenth-century Spain's most respected authors, lived an international life-a career in the diplomatic service, with postings to more than a half dozen countries in Europe and the Americas.