by Benito Pérez Galdós · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788467028539
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«Zumalacárregui; Mendizábal» is the volume of the Episodios Nacionales by Benito Pérez Galdós, published by Espasa in paperback (384 pages, in Spanish).
The book brings together two historical narratives by Galdós: the first follows the Carlist general Tomás de Zumalacárregui during the First Carlist War; the second, the political activity of Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, a liberal politician, in nineteenth-century Madrid. Fiction blends with chronicle to reflect the tensions of Isabeline Spain.
This volume of the Episodios Nacionales is number 11 and brings together instalments 21 and 22; 2008 edition.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and for those who want to learn about a key stage of the Spanish nineteenth century through the eyes of Galdós.
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.
