by Robert Graves · Edhasa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788435015653
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«El conde Belisario» is the historical novel by Robert Graves, published by Edhasa in paperback (456 pages, in Spanish).
The narrative is set in sixth-century Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, shaken by external dangers and internal disorders. In this crisis, Count Belisarius, a Christian commander of a barbarian troop, becomes the only figure capable of saving the city, a hero presented in the manner of King Arthur.
The novel was originally published in 1938 under the title Count Belisarius; this Spanish edition is from 1989.
The work is for readers of historical fiction interested in the Eastern Roman Empire and the military campaigns of the era.
Robert Ranke Graves, whose second name is sometimes given as von Ranke, was an English poet, novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were both Celticists and students of Irish mythology.
