Un faccioso más y algunos frailes menos

by Benito Pérez Galdós

"Un faccioso más y algunos frailes menos" by Benito Pérez Galdós is a historical novel written and published in autumn 1879. The tenth and final installment of the Second Series of the National Episodes, it chronicles the last year of King Ferdinand VII's reign, the outbreak of the Carlist War, and the beginning of María Cristina's regency. Historical drama intertwines with the fates of liberal Salvador Monsalud, Carlist Carlos Navarro, and other recurring characters as Spain fractures into civil war.