Zaragoza by Benito Pérez Galdós

"Zaragoza" by Benito Pérez Galdós is a novel published in 1873. The sixth book in Galdós's first series of National Episodes, it recounts the brutal second siege of Zaragoza during the Spanish War of Independence in early 1809. Narrated by Gabriel de Araceli, the story depicts the desperate defense led by General Palafox against French forces, capturing the devastating realities of war—military skirmishes, food shortages, yellow fever epidemics, and ultimately the city's fall to French plunder. Galdós creates an epic portrayal of heroic resistance amid overwhelming violence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Pérez Galdós, Benito, 1843-1920
Title Zaragoza
Note Wikipedia page about this book: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaragoza_(episodio_nacional)
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 62.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language Spanish
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Historical fiction
Subject Sieges -- Fiction
Subject Zaragoza (Spain) -- History -- Siege, 1808-1809 -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 49433
Release Date
Last Update Oct 24, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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