by Robert Graves · Círculo de Lectores. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422678557
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«El conde Belisario» is the historical novel by Robert Graves, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (509 pages, in Spanish).
Historical novel set in the Byzantine Empire of the 6th century. The work follows Belisarius, a general loyal to Emperor Justinian, from his campaigns against Vandals, Goths and Persians to the intrigues of the court, with his wife Antonina and Empress Theodora as decisive figures.
The translation is by Arturo Casals and the prologue by Carlos García Gual. The work was originally published as Count Belisarius.
The novel is aimed at readers of historical fiction interested in the Byzantine Empire and in classic 20th-century narrative.
Robert Ranke Graves, whose second name is sometimes given as von Ranke, was an English poet, novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were both Celticists and students of Irish mythology.
