El conde de Fuentes: Vida, prisiones y muertes de Armando Pignatelli (in Castilian)

Author(s) : BEGUERÍA LATORRE José Antonio, PERURENA BOROBIA Ignacio
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El conde de Fuentes: Vida, prisiones y muertes de Armando Pignatelli (in Castilian)
© Institucion Fernando el Catolico

 
From the publishers:
An illustrious pre-Romantic, idealistic and wasteful, the Count of Fuentes was a key player in the murky intrigue that they engulfed the Spanish crown and saw it removed from the head of the Bourbons and placed in the hands of Napoleon. Bon vivant and raised in a family torn between the precepts of the catechism and the company of Voltaire and Rousseau, the fabulously rich and carefree Armando Pignatelli – Spanish and French at the same time – collected art and enjoyed womanizing. And against all odds, in the early days of the War of Independence, he starred in an adventure, as bold as foolish, for control of the city of Zaragoza. From the salons of Paris to the dungeons of the Aljafería, from the suicidal determination of the patriots to the triumphant French headquarters, Zaragoza left its mark on the life of the Count of Fuentes and all the Pignatelli clan members. This is their story.

Year of publication :
2009
Place and publisher :
Zaragoza: Institucion Fernando el Catolico
Number of pages :
389
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