The Valley of the Fallen

Download or read book The Valley of the Fallen written by Carlos Rojas and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rojas re-creates the nineteenth-century corridors of power and portrays the relationship between Goya and King Fernando VII, a despot bent on establishing a cruel regime after Spain’s War of Independence. Goya obliges the king’s request for a portrait, but his depiction not only fails to flatter but reflects a terrible darkness and grotesqueness. More than a century later, transcending conventional time, Goya observes Franco’s body lying in state and experiences again a dark and monstrous despair."--