Trafalgar: A Tale by Benito Pérez Galdós
"Trafalgar: A Tale" by Benito Pérez Galdós is a novel published in 1873. The first installment of the Episodios Nacionales series, it follows fourteen-year-old Gabriel de Araceli, an orphaned rascal from Cádiz who becomes servant to an old naval officer. Set in October 1805, Gabriel finds himself thrust into the historic Battle of Trafalgar aboard the Santísima Trinidad, flagship of the Spanish Navy. Through his eyes, readers experience the preparations, chaos, and
aftermath of this pivotal naval engagement during the Napoleonic Wars. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Pérez Galdós, Benito, 1843-1920 |
|---|---|
| Title | Trafalgar: A Tale |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalgar_(novel) |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Josep Cols Canals, Sam W., and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (archive.org/details/toronto) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 70.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805 -- Fiction |
| Subject | Spanish fiction -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 47980 |
| Release Date | Jan 16, 2015 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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