Saragossa: A Story of Spanish Valor (1899) is a novel by Benito Pérez
Galdós. Published at the height of Pérez Galdós' career, Saragossa: A
Story of Spanish Valor is the sixth 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, Pérez Galdós' novel
is a story of heroism, growth, and adventure that manages to find
humanity in history. "It was, I believe, the evening of the eighteenth
when we saw Saragossa in the distance. As we entered by the Puerta de
Sancho we heard the clock in the Torre Nueva strike ten. We were in an
extremely pitiful condition as to food and clothing. The long journey we
had made [...], climbing mountains, fording rivers, making short cuts
until we arrived at the high road of Gallur and Alagon, had left us
quite used up, worn out, and ill with fatigue." Having survived the
disastrous defeat of the Spanish Armada at Trafalgar by the British
Royal Navy, Gabriel de Araceli makes his way to Saragossa. There, he
must fight for his life and the future of his nation as the army of
Napoleon Bonaparte lays siege to the city. Painstakingly researched by
its author, Saragossa: A Story of Spanish Valor 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 Pérez Galdós's Saragossa: A Story of Spanish Valor
is a classic of Spanish literature reimagined for modern readers.
