NATIONAL EPISODES: VERGARA - MONTES DE OCA. Pérez Galdós, Benito

Third series. Two novels in one volume. The great narrative frieze of the National Episodes served as a vehicle for Benito Pérez Galdós (1843-1920) to recreate in it, romantically linked, the totality of the complex life of the Spaniards - wars, politics, daily life, popular reactions - to what throughout the turbulent 19th century.

VERGARA was the Gipuzkoan town that saw its name forever linked to the agreement between generals Espartero and Maroto that put an end in 1839 to the six long bloody years during which the First Carlist War took place.

MONTES DE OCA protagonist of a romantic conspiracy that cost him his life. As a backdrop, the turmoil of life in the capital, which Galdós knew so well and knew how to portray, and whose political unrest boiled over in gatherings and lies.