by Antonio Gala · Planeta Publishing · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408082699
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«El pedestal de las estatuas» is the historical novel by Antonio Gala, published by Planeta Publishing in paperback (544 pages, in Spanish).
In sixteenth-century Spain, the novel follows Antonio Pérez, secretary to Philip II, and the notebooks he keeps as a guarantee of his life. These papers reveal the hidden face of the court: documents implicating the monarchy, the Church and the nobility in deaths and strategies, from the Catholic Monarchs to the heir of Charles V.
The edition with this ISBN was published on 15 May 2009. The work is catalogued as historical fiction and literature and fiction.
Aimed at readers of historical fiction and Spanish narrative, with an interest in the court of Philip II and the intricacies of power in the sixteenth century.
Antonio Gala Velasco was a Spanish poet, playwright, novelist, and writer.
