Background
Her father was the distinguished Spanish diplomat and scholar Salvador de Madariaga. Her mother was the distinguished economic historian Constance Archibald.
Her father was the distinguished Spanish diplomat and scholar Salvador de Madariaga. Her mother was the distinguished economic historian Constance Archibald.
Nieves"s sister Isabel de Madariaga Archibald (1919-2014) became Professor of Slavonic Studies at the University of London. She was employed for over 20 years by the Food and Agriculture Organisation, a United Nations agency headquartered in Rome. Her Yale University-published book on the life of Sir Francis Bacon was released in 1996.
The 606-page volume is called Francis Bacon: The History of a Character Assassination.
In her earlier years, 1956, she wrote a crime novel, She Died Without Light.