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)
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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
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EBook-No. 47980
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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