The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Vicente Blasco Ibanez
- First Published: 1916
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: Early 1900’s
- Setting: Argentina, Paris, and the front lines of World War I
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: France or French people, Europe or Europeans, Paris, 1910’s, War, World War I, South America or South Americans, Latin America or Latin Americans, Spain or Spanish people
- Locales: Paris, France, Argentina, Lourdes, France
Characters Discussed
Julio Madariaga (HEW-lee-oh Mah-doh-ree-AH-gah), a tough, virile Spaniard who immigrates to Argentina. Madariaga makes a fortune buying land no one wants and converting it into fine ranch land, stocked with cattle bred from a prize-winning bull that is now stuffed and placed at the entrance to his parlor. Madariaga kills or tames the Indians, seduces the local women, and leaves progeny wherever he roams. Despite the large numbers of illegitimate offspring left on his doorstep, the death of his only legitimate heir leaves him inconsolate. His granddaughter,...
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