by Benito Pérez Galdós · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422617419
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«Juan Martín "El Empecinado"» is the historical novel by Benito Pérez Galdós, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (271 pages, in Spanish).
Set during the war against the Napoleonic invasion, the novel follows Juan Martín, el Empecinado, a farmer turned guerrilla leader. Pérez Galdós recreates the skirmishes and life in occupied Spain, alternating military action with portraits of popular characters and the tension of an unequal conflict.
It is the ninth title of the first series of the Episodios Nacionales; the Círculo de Lectores edition is from 1984.
For fans of Spanish historical fiction and Galdós's Episodios Nacionales, with an interest in the Peninsular War.
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.
