by Benito Pérez Galdós · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420650111
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«El equipaje del rey José» is the historical novel by Benito Pérez Galdós, published by Alianza in paperback (180 pages, in Spanish).
In 1813, with the Peninsular War about to end, Salvador Monsalud, a penniless young man from Álava in Madrid, joins the Guardia Jurada of José I. When the afrancesados flee, he leaves for France with a caravan of plundered treasures; in his village, Puebla de Arganzón, his mother and his former girlfriend reject him for having become afrancesado.
It is volume 11 of the Episodios Nacionales, the historical series by Benito Pérez Galdós.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and for those who want to approach Galdós's 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.
