Madrid, May 2, 1808. Almost all members of the royal family are exiled in Bayonne, while Spain is governed by a Board of invading puppet of the French Imperial Army, whose command in Spain belongs to General Murat.
Madrid The peasants, tired of the abuses of the French are beginning to target the hundreds in front of the Royal Palace and the Puerta del Sol, among other landmarks, while the English soldiers hesitate between staying calm as I have ordered, or join the people in revolt.
Arturo Perez-Reverte shown in this book a work of documentation certainly lasted for years. Published two hundred years after the fact, it is impossible to distinguish to what extent that is reported based on the testimonies of the time or is a recreation of what might happen out of the author's imagination.
The story takes place in the present, places the reader in each of the locations of the revolt and jump from place to place tens or hundreds of times. The only actor is the people of Madrid (and by extension the English people) so that we have a tag characters, some only appointed a few lines, others constantly present as the captains and Velarde Daoiz or General Murat.
Almost all the action takes place in one morning, but the constant changes of place and character make the reader achieve ubiquity to observing all relevant facts of that day.
is sometimes very crudely tells how the English imperial army face armed with knives, knives, stones and the devastating consequences with plenty of beheadings, disembowelments, etc..
The book I liked, rather taken as a historical narrative (albeit very partial) as a novel. He missed the French side of the events, the lines devoted to it are very slim.
My Rating: good.
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