Trafalgar (1873) is a novel by Benito Perez Galdos. Published toward the beginning of Perez Galdos' career, Trafalgar is the first in of 46 historical novels in the author's monumental, career spanning series of National Episodes. Set during the bloody naval battle of Trafalgar in 1805, Perez Galdos' novel is a story of heroism, growth, and adventure that manages to find humanity in history. "Always eager to mimic the greater world around us, we boys too had our squadrons of little ships, roughly hewn in wood, with sails of paper or of rag, which we navigated with the greatest deliberation and gravity in the pools of Puntales or La Caleta." At fourteen, the young orphan Gabriel de Araceli gets the chance to leave boyhood games behind when his master, a retired naval officer, receives a letter requesting his return to service. Together, Gabriel and Don Alonso set out to join a Spanish Armada preparing to enter into battle with the British Royal Navy. Painstakingly researched by its author, Trafalgar is a detailed fictional retelling of one history's most iconic conflicts. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Benito Perez Galdos's Trafalgar is a classic of Spanish literature reimagined for modern readers.

About the Author
Benito Perez Galdos (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 Sebastian Perez and Dona Dolores Galdos. Educated at San Agustin school, he travelled to Madrid to study Law but failed to complete his studies. In 1865, Perez Galdos began publishing articles on politics and the arts in La Nacion. 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, Perez Galdos 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, Perez Galdos is considered the preeminent author of nineteenth century Spain and the nation's second greatest novelist after Miguel de Cervantes. Dona Perfecta (1876), one of his finest works, has been adapted for film and television several times.


Book Information
ISBN 9781513132785
Author Benito Prez Galds
Format Hardback
Page Count 134
Imprint West Margin Press
Publisher West Margin Press