by Pío Baroja · Editorial Planeta, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422664864
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«Memorias de un hombre de acción I» is the first volume of Pío Baroja's historical novel series, published in hardback (1997, 1382 pages, Spanish).
The work follows Eugenio de Aviraneta, a nineteenth-century adventurer and conspirator, from his beginnings in conspiracy, his exploits with the Brigante squadron and his travels. It blends historical and adventure fiction in portraying secret societies in Europe after the Napoleonic wars.
This volume corresponds to volume III of Pío Baroja's Complete Works, edited by José-Carlos Mainer with a prologue by Pío Caro Baroja.
For readers interested in historical and adventure fiction, nineteenth-century Spain and Pío Baroja's narrative.
Pío Baroja y Nessi was a Spanish writer, one of the key novelists of the Generation of '98. He was a member of an illustrious family. His brother Ricardo was a painter, writer and engraver, and his nephew Julio Caro Baroja, son of his younger sister Carmen who was a goldsmith, was a well-known anthropologist.
