'''Justo Sierra O'Reilly''' (1814 - 1861) Mexican novelist and historian; father of Mexican historical author and political figure [[Justo Sierra Mendez]].
His works include among many others, the pirate novel ''El Filibustero'', the travel journal ''Impresiones de un viaje a los Estados Unidos de America y al Canada'' (1851), and numerous writings on the regional history of Yucatan Yucatán such as ''Teogonia de los antiguos indios'', as well as Spanish translations of [[John Lloyd Stephens]]'s works on [[Yucatán]]. His most popular melodramatic novel, ''La Hija del Judio'', is a historical novel in the style of Sir [[Walter Scott]] about the star-crossed love of the daughter of a Jewish merchant in colonial Mexico.
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