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Loading... El doncel de Don Enrique el Doliente (1834)by Mariano José de Larra
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'El doncel de don Enrique el Doliente' tells of a courtly intrigue from the 14th Century. It's a period portrait that keeps the reader in suspense throughout with an almost paranoid narration of a plot thick with conspirators and schemers. Enrique III, el Doliente, King of Castille from 1390 to 1406, was called "the ill" or "the suffering", due to his poor health. Amid his difficulties, he had to confront the aristocracy when it tried to take advantage of political instability stimulated by the massacre of Jews of 1391. Enrique also confronted the Trast maras, Alfonso and Fadrique, and finally overcame them. 'El doncel de don Enrique el Doliente' has an historical background based on some of these incidents, told through a tense atmosphere and characters and protagonists pertinent to the political climate fo the times. One unique feature of the book is the profusion of characters of widely varied religious convictions. A palace adviser is Jewish, while many scenes are devoted to illustrating the conflicts that arose between the Islamic world and the Catholic monarchs of Spain. El doncel de don Enrique el Doliente relata una intriga cortesana en el siglo XIV. Se trata de un retrato de poca que mantiene la tensi n del lector todo el tiempo con una descripci n casi paranoica de una trama llena de conspiradores y ambiciosos. Enrique III el Doliente, rey de Castilla entre 1390 y 1406, fue llamado "el Doliente" por su fragil salud. En medio de sus padecimientos, tuvo que enfrentarse a la nobleza cuando sta intent sacar provecho de la inestabilidad pol tica provocada por la masacre de jud os de 1391. Enrique se enfrent tambi n a los Trast mara, Alfonso y Fadrique y finalmente los someti . El doncel de Don Enrique el Doliente tiene como trasfondo hist rico algunas de estas peripecias, narradas en una atm sfera de tensi n protaganizada por relevantes personajes de la pol tica de entonces. Un rasgo a destacar de la novela es la profusi n de personajes de las m s variadas confesiones religiosas. Un consejero de palacio es jud o y hay escenas enteras dedicadas a mostrar los tratos entre el mundo isl mico y los reyes cristianos de Espa a. No library descriptions found. |
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