by Benito Pérez Galdós · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420672885
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«La corte de Carlos IV» is the historical novel by Benito Pérez Galdós, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (224 pages, in Spanish).
Gabriel de Araceli arrives in Madrid after Trafalgar and enters the service of an actress and then of an aristocrat. There he witnesses the entertainments, rivalries and intrigues between the supporters of Godoy and of Prince Ferdinand, an atmosphere that anticipates the French invasion and the War of Independence.
Second novel of the first series of the Episodios Nacionales, originally published in 1873. Edition from the Biblioteca Pérez Galdós of Alianza Editorial.
For readers of historical fiction and classics of Spanish literature, interested in 19th-century Spain.
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.
