by Lope de Vega · ESPASA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423919185
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«El mejor alcalde, el rey» is the play by Lope de Vega published by Espasa in paperback (144 pages, in Spanish).
A powerful nobleman abuses his rank to snatch a peasant's fiancée. The case reaches King Alfonso VII, who must decide between the abuse of privilege and the rights of the humble. Lope de Vega builds a drama about honor, justice, and the exercise of power, with the monarch as final arbiter.
Edition by Juan María Marín Martínez in the Austral Collection, of which it is number 118.
For the general public and readers interested in classical Spanish theater and the work of Lope de Vega.
Dramaturgo y poeta español del Siglo de Oro, autor de Fuente Ovejuna, El caballero de Olmedo y El perro del hortelano.
