The novel "Day of Wrath" is dedicated to the cornerstone event of Spanish history - the Madrid uprising on May 2, 1808 against Napoleon, ruthlessly suppressed by French troops and served as the impetus for the long Franco-Spanish War and the revival of Spanish identity. An uprising known to the whole world by the painting F. [ ) Goya's "Shooting of the Rebels on the Night of May 3, 1808"[D.T.] [edit] [edit] [edit] "Shooting of the Rebels on the Night of May 3, 1808" With unsurpassed skill, Peres-Reverte unfolds before the reader a panorama of the city in revolt, lovingly writes out every leaf and stone, every actor - stonemasons and laundries, courtiers and officers of the guard, noble ladies and passionate gentlemen ...