Un voluntario realista
"Un voluntario realista" by Benito Pérez Galdós is a historical novel written and published in 1878. Set entirely in rural Catalonia, the story follows Pepet Armengol, a submissive boy who serves as a convent sacristan, and Sor Teodora de Aransis, a beautiful nun with fanatical views on war and religion. The novel depicts Pepet's transformation from devoted church servant to fierce royalist volunteer during the War of the Agraviados, a brief but significant 1827 uprising that Galdós describes as "repugnant and obscure" yet crucial for understanding Spain's subsequent civil conflicts.
Bookshelves
Related books
Brave Bessie Westland : $b A story of Quaker persecution
Emma Leslie
La Fontana de Oro
Benito Pérez Galdós
Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
William Harrison Ainsworth
Newton Forster; Or, The Merchant Service
Frederick Marryat
Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance.
Joaquín Telesforo de Trueba y Cosío
A mirror for witches : $b in which is reflected the life, machinations, and death of famous Doll Bilby, who, with a more than feminine perversity, preferred a demon to a mortal lover; here is also told how and why a righteous and most awfull judgement befell her, destroying both corporeal body and immortal soul
Esther Forbes
The bridge of San Luis Rey
Thornton Wilder
The Sun King
Gaston Derreaux