Madrid de Leyenda

What was the convent of the demonized nuns? Was it the same one that Philip IV attacked in search of the novice? How did Luis Candelas live and die? What were the crimes of the heatwave in Madrid? What is hidden behind Goya's Black Paintings? Madrid of legend is a historical journey through some of the most unusual and legendary events and characters of the capital. As the author himself warns: "it is a book that you can walk around. On the basis of their stories, very delicious routes can be woven". Thus we can discover a city that is the fruit of prodigy, because, as explained in delicate prose in these pages, Madrid has become the thriving capital that it is today, against all odds. Here we discover a little-known Roman Madrid and how the primitive town received the repeated favors of the Virgin that the Madrilenians have always known how to thank. Through Madrid de los Austrias we will take an exciting route because, in this endearing heart, events such as the imprisonment of the King of France, the death of Juan de Escobedo, the adventures of Rodrigo Calderón, the Count of Villamediana or Luis Candelas took place. In the same way, we will know about Larra's last love outburst, the harassed hobbies of the false witches that the Inquisition persecuted and the burning of the Alcázar. Very close, too, was the convent of the demonized nuns, the same one that Philip IV attacked in search of a novice. From these events, and many others, this tragic and unusual story is composed, which unfolds in such a precise and orderly way that the reader will obtain a very complete vision of the spirit and nature of Madrid.