Author: Antonio Elorza.
Un juego de tronos castizo (A castizo Game of Thrones), by the historian and professor emeritus of Political Science at the Complutense University of Madrid, Antonio Elorza, is a counter-current account of one of the worst told and most important episodes in our modern history: the ill-fated reign of Carlos IV and María Luisa de Parma, with Manuel Godoy in the shadows, which would end up handing the country over to Napoleon’s French Empire.
Maria Luisa of Parma christened the unique triangle she formed with Charles IV and Manuel Godoy as “the trinity”. A triangle between whose vertices the dynamics of power, betrayals and, above all, excessive ambitions and miscalculations that would end up handing the country over to an opportune fourth in discord, Napoleon Bonaparte, were played out.
With impeccable rigour and based on a meticulous study of direct sources, Antonio Elorza recomposes in this essay the frenetic sequence of strategic approaches, disaffections and stabs between the four, but especially between Godoy and Napoleon, with which the former tried to gain for himself the legitimacy of a power he already exercised de facto, and the latter sought to expand his empire. And it shows that, thanks to Godoy’s ambition, Napoleon was able to peacefully carry out the military occupation of Spain.
Pages: 328
Publisher: ALIANZA EDITORIAL
Binding: Soft cover
ISBN: 9788411482417
RPP: 21,80 euros
