El terror de 1824 by Benito Pérez Galdós

"El terror de 1824" by Benito Pérez Galdós is a historical novel written and published in 1877. The seventh volume in Galdós's second series of National Episodes, it depicts the brutal repression following Spain's absolutist restoration under Fernando VII. The narrative follows several characters including Benigno Cordero, Patricio Sarmiento, and two women through the violent persecution of liberals during the Ominous Decade. The story culminates in the execution of Rafael del Riego, hanged and beheaded before a Madrid crowd that once cheered him. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Pérez Galdós, Benito, 1843-1920
Title El terror de 1824
Original Publication Madrid: Obras de Pérez Galdós, 1904.
Series Title Episodios nacionales, segunda serie
Note Wikipedia page about this book: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_terror_de_1824
Credits Ramón Pajares Box. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries.)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 63.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language Spanish
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Spain -- History -- Ferdinand VII, 1813-1833 -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 71861
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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