Republic year, a historical novel

on its pages republic year The reader will learn from the hand of Fernando Besora, who is now the director. Iberia -in the novel blood on Turkish street He was a laudable man who tried to make his way in the newspaper in the coming and going of exciting months of uncertainty. These were the result of serious conflicts between different families of republicanism and serious war conflicts that shook Spain. There has been war in Cuba since 1868 – later referred to as the Long War – and the Carlists threw themselves into the mountains for the third time in 1872. To these two wars was added the so-called cantonal movement that summer, based on the idea of ​​\u200b\u200bdeclaring. Against the view of Pi y Margall, who argued that once the new constitution is ratified, it should be organized from the top down, the republican federal government is bottom-up. With its epicenter in Cartagena, cantonalism arose in many other places and, in the case of Cartagena, led to a war that would last beyond the very existence of the republic.

Sometimes we will attend the exciting sessions of the Congress of Deputies surrounded by the most radical as a form of oppression. Salmeron or Castelar and its affirmations may apply to situations in which we live in our time. In the novel from Besora’s press gallery, interpreted by some journalists. Iberiaby galdoswho ruled at that time Spain Magazine or by Fernanflor, a measure of journalism to which a street in the area will be dedicated over time.

Inside republic year Delicious anecdotes are collected, some so exaggerated that one might think that they are part of the fiction that accompanies every novel, but that they live in that tumultuous Spain, where cafe meetings are frequent. They talked about politics, literature or various aspects of everyday life. Besora, who will give no less than the top four that year, and also Galdós National Chapters. also gift John Valerawho wrote Pepita JimenezThe painter Casado del Alisal, who will start the Spanish Academy in Rome, will reach readers the following year. Jose Zorillathat Don Juan Tenorio is the mandatory representative of All Souls’ Day, Miguel MoraytaProfessor of History and the Republic, associated with Castelar as well as some other characters of the cultural and political life of the moment, for example Canovas del Castillo.

reader republic year You’ll find different aspects of everyday life, from a time when the railroad replaced postal wagons and trams were hauled by mules. You will get to know life in hot springs, in places that are fashionable among the economically powerful classes, in duels or bullfights, one of the greatest passions of the time. Also religious celebrations of that time and street protests of political or social content.

this Historical events up to the Pavia coup d’etatIt is entwined with an interesting conspiracy that begins with the disappearance of some valuable books from the National Library, after Castelar lost his act of trust in the early hours of January 3, 1874. This has allowed us to place the reader in a world where the unbridled love of books, passionately experienced by booksellers and bibliophiles, breeds those willing to commit serious crimes to seize the long-awaited copies, which will lead to compromise. situations and dangerous.