Trafalgar

Gabriel de Araceli, "the man who was born with nothing and had everything", as described by Benito Pérez Galdós, evokes from the autumn of his life his participation in the battle of Trafalgar, an event that he experienced when he was just a fourteen-year-old boy . On October 21, 1805, the French and Spanish fleets suffered a humiliating defeat against the British navy led by Vice Admiral Nelson, and De Araceli relates this episode, as an exceptional witness, from the largest ship of its time: the Santísima Trinidad. , known as "El Escorial de los mares".