by Benito Pérez Galdós · Ediciones Cátedra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437604190
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«Trafalgar» is the historical novel by Benito Pérez Galdós, published by Ediciones Cátedra in paperback (256 pages, in Spanish).
«Trafalgar» opens Galdós's Episodios Nacionales, recreating the 1805 naval battle that gives the novel its name. The narrative, built from historical texts and oral sources, focuses on the experience of a young ship's boy during the battle and combines patriotism with a respectful view of the enemy.
It belongs to the First Series of Galdós's Episodios Nacionales, where it holds number 1. Edition by Julio Rodríguez Puértolas in the Letras Hispánicas collection from Cátedra.
For readers of historical fiction and for those who want to start with 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.
