Trafalgar

Escrito por Benito Pérez Galdós

Narrado por Rafael Baena Zapatero

Deslumbrante primera novela de los Episodios Nacionales de Benito Pérez Galdós, y que nos narra con un ritmo trepidante la batalla naval de Trafalgar, del 21 de octubre de 1805, sus antecedentes y desenlace. Además, Trafalgar nos presenta a quien será protagonista de la mayor parte de la primera serie de los Episodios Nacionales, Gabriel de Araceli, un pícaro gaditano de 14 años que nos cuenta la historia en primera persona, y que, después de una infancia difícil, entra a servir en la casa de un veterano oficial de la Armada, a quien acompañará a la armada combinada hispano-francesa que habrá de enfrentarse a la británica comandada por Lord Nelson.

Lejos de ser un mero relato bélico o patriótico, el genio de Pérez Galdós puebla el relato de una galería entrañable de personjes, nos introduce en la sociedad española de la época, y engarza una narración en la que el despertar a la madurez del protagonista, sus primeros amoríos, la toma de conciencia sobre cómo funciona el mundo, o la configuración de una escala de valores que seguirá enriqueciendo en los siguientes episodios, son aspectos tan importantes como los grandes hechos que han quedado inscritos en la historia de España y Europa.

First novel of Benito Pérez Galdós' Episodios Nacionales (National Episodes), focused in the naval battle of Trafalgar, on October 21, 1805, its background and outcome. In addition, Trafalgar introduces us to the protagonist of most of the first series of the National Episodes, Gabriel de Araceli, a 14-year-old rogue from Cadiz who narrates his own life, and who, after a difficult childhood, enters to serve in the house of a veteran officer of the Navy, whom he will accompany to the combined Spanish-French armada that will face the British fleet commanded by Lord Nelson. 

Diseño de portada/Cover art design: David Rubiales

• Idioma: Español
• Editorial: Encrucijada Editorial, S.L.U.
• Fecha de lanzamiento: 13 abr 2024
• ISBN: 9798882263033

Benito Pérez Galdós

Benito Pérez Galdós (1843-1920) was a Spanish novelist. Born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, he was the youngest of ten sons born to Lieutenant Colonel Don Sebastián Pérez and Doña Dolores Galdós. Educated at San Agustin school, he travelled to Madrid to study Law but failed to complete his studies. In 1865, Pérez Galdós began publishing articles on politics and the arts in La Nación. His literary career began in earnest with his 1868 Spanish translation of Charles Dickens’ Pickwick Papers. Inspired by the leading realist writers of his time, especially Balzac, Pérez Galdós published his first novel, La Fontana de Oro (1870). Over the next several decades, he would write dozens of literary works, totaling 31 fictional novels, 46 historical novels known as the National Episodes, 23 plays, and 20 volumes of shorter fiction and journalism. Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times without winning, Pérez Galdós is considered the preeminent author of nineteenth century Spain and the nation’s second greatest novelist after Miguel de Cervantes. Doña Perfecta (1876), one of his finest works, has been adapted for film and television several times.