SPOILERS!!!
Thoughts and notes about the books I am reading. My entries are not book reviews but just my personal thoughts and opinions about what I'm reading at the moment. The entries obviously contain SPOILERS.
Showing posts with label Spanish Classics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spanish Classics. Show all posts
Sunday, 24 May 2026
El equipaje del Rey José - Facts
The book is set in 1813. In the first chapter the French are ready to leave Madrid and King Joseph returns to France. The French evacuated Madrid in March 1813. Facing a powerful offensive led by the Duke of Wellington, King Joseph Bonaparte abandoned the capital—taking the city’s royal treasury and extensive plundered wealth—and made his final retreat.
Saturday, 23 May 2026
Friday, 17 April 2026
La Bodega - Facts
The novel is set in 1892 in Jerez de la Frontera. Jerez de la Frontera is a city and municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Located in southwestern Iberia, it lies on the Campiña de Jerez, an inland lowland plain crossed by the Guadalete River, midway between the Atlantic Ocean, the Guadalquivir river and the western reaches of the Subbaetic System.
Monday, 13 April 2026
Sunday, 12 April 2026
Saturday, 21 March 2026
La Batalla de los Arapiles - Facts
This book is about the Battle of the Arapiles near Salamanca. The Battle of Salamanca (in Spanish known as the Battle of the Arapiles) took place on 22 July 1812. An Anglo-Portuguese army under the Earl of Wellington defeated Marshal Auguste Marmont's French forces at Arapiles, south of Salamanca, during the Peninsular War.
Saturday, 14 March 2026
Sunday, 1 February 2026
Saturday, 31 January 2026
Friday, 30 January 2026
Thursday, 29 January 2026
Thursday, 18 September 2025
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