by Benito Pérez Galdós · Alianza Hernando · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420650043
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«Bailén» is the historical novel by Benito Pérez Galdós, published by Alianza Hernando in paperback (180 pages, in Spanish).
Gabriel de Araceli survives the firing squad of May 2 and heads to Córdoba, where he believes he will find his beloved Inés. Along the way he enlists as a soldier, witnesses the battle of Valdepeñas and reaches Bailén as the militia is being organized to stop the French. Love and patriotism intersect in a Spain at war.
Fourth volume of the Episodios Nacionales, within its First Series.
For readers of historical fiction and nineteenth-century Spanish narrative, especially those who follow the Episodios Nacionales.
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.
