About the book. The novel “Winter in Mallorca” by George Sand is based on documentary materials One of the main advantages of the work is the use of primary sources - materials collected by travelers, scientists, writers, consuls. The tenth part of the description is associated with folk legends, for example, with the legend of St. Catalina Thomas, as well as with the memories of many prominent people, such as José de Vargas Ponce ("Description of the Pitius and Balearic Islands"), André Grasse de Saint-Sovere ("Journey to the Balearic and Pitius Islands (Ibiza and Formentera)"), Joseph Bonaventure Laurent ("Memories of the artist's journey to the island of Mallorca") Manuel Marliani ("The Political History of Modern Spain" in French) Felicite Robert Lamenne ("Acts of Rome"), as well as notes by contemporary writer Joseph Tasty. This edition was prepared with great care by the translator Natalia Sidifarova .