by Benito Pérez Galdós · Alianza/Hernando · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420650081
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«Cádiz» is the historical novel by Benito Pérez Galdós, published by Alianza/Hernando in paperback (226 pages, in Spanish).
The eighth instalment of Galdós's Episodios Nacionales takes the reader to Cádiz in 1812, during the Peninsular War, and recreates the sessions of the Cortes that drafted the Constitution of 1812. Fictional characters mingle with the bustle of the besieged city and the liberal debates, offering a portrait of Spanish society of the time.
Eighth instalment of the first series of the Episodios Nacionales. Work originally published in 1874; this Alianza/Hernando edition dates from 1976.
Recommended for lovers of historical fiction and Spanish classics, as well as for those who want to learn about the period of the Cortes of Cádiz.
Benito María de los Dolores Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist and politician. He was a leading literary figure in 19th-century Spain, and some scholars consider him second only to Miguel de Cervantes in stature as a Spanish novelist.
