Bartolome: The Infanta's Pet : A Dog's Life in the Infanta's Court
17th-century Madrid is not a kind place for a dwarf like Bartolome, and his family has to keep him hidden in a small back room to protect him from being mocked on the street. He is ambitious, and longs to learn to read and write. His siblings arrange lessons with a monk in a local monastery, and they manage to sneak him out of the house and get the materials he needs to learn. But then the king's ...
17th-century Madrid is not a kind place for a dwarf like Bartolome, and his family has to keep him hidden in a small back room to protect him from being mocked on the street. He is ambitious, and longs to learn to read and write. His siblings arrange lessons with a monk in a local monastery, and they manage to sneak him out of the house and get the materials he needs to learn. But then the king's ...
