Un faccioso más y algunos frailes menos

The great narrative frieze of the National Episodes served as a vehicle for Benito Pérez Galdós (1843-1920) to recreate in it the entire complex life of the Spanish (wars, politics, daily life, popular reactions) throughout the hectic century XIX. "One more facioso ... and some friars less" is a play on words that points to two events of different magnitude and character: the Carlist uprising and the killing of friars in 1834. On such a difficult historical moment the romance thread that He has threaded the ten Episodes of this Second Series, with the outcome of the fictional event that has Sola and Salvador Monsalud as poles.