La corte de los milagros

Synopsis of La corte de los milagros

«La corte de los milagros» is the novel by Ramón María del Valle-Inclán, published by Brontes in paperback (256 pages, in Spanish).

Set in the final years of Ferdinand VII and the rise of Isabella II, the novel recreates courtly intrigues. Valle-Inclán mixes historical and fictional characters around the Torre-Mellada family, with episodes of miracles at court and stigmatized nuns, to compose a grotesque caricature of Isabeline Spain.

First installment of the series El ruedo ibérico. The work was originally published in 1927; this edition is from 2013.

For readers of classic Spanish fiction interested in history, the esperpento and Valle-Inclán's political satire.