The heroism of such English men of the street as Captain James

history channel documentary hd The heroism of such English men of the street as Captain James Hind and Claude Duval is incredible and our José wasn't to be beaten. While mitigating a female explorer of her gems he supposedly said 'A hand so delightful as yours does not require decorations'. Her words about the loss of her knickknacks are not on record. The experience, adorned if not totally manufactured by our Bandit. A short man with one hand, the other lost after a mishap with a gun. He turned into a religion figure in Andalucía. He could isolate explorers from their spare change and had a pizazz for advertising. While the King ruled Spain, El Tempranillo ruled the mountains. The title King of the Sierra Morena was most likely José Maria's own innovation. Before long he justified an abundance of 6000 reales in any condition. José was turning into a shame to the powers.

Not at all like the model robbers of northern Europe José wedded, yet his significant other María Gerónima francés kicked the bucket amid labor. José's Son survived and was in a roundabout way in charge of El Tempranillo's most prominent act. In 1831 alongside 50 of his men he took control of the mountain town of Grazalema. This bold demonstration was basically to permit the purifying through water of his posterity at the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Aurora. The neighborhood powers dwarfed and out-gunned looked on defenselessly as the bandolero finished his religious observances. José's notoriety spread past southern Spain. Composing of the 1830s the British essayist John Ford noted 'When Fernando VII was King of Spain and José Maria was the adoration for Andalucía'.