Ildefonso Arenas (born 1947 in
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
) is a Spanish writer, best known for his
historical novels
Historical fiction is a literary genre in which a fictional plot takes place in the Setting (narrative), setting of particular real past events, historical events. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literatur ...
. An IT professional by trade, Arenas achieved enormous success with his novel ''Álava en Waterloo'', based on the exploits of
Miguel Ricardo de Álava
Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel (7 July 1770 – 14 July 1843) was a Spanish general and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Spain in 1835. He was born in the Basque Country, at Vitoria-Gasteiz, in 1770. Álava holds the distinction ...
. He has published half a dozen novels, for which he typically does exhaustive historical research.
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Spanish male writers
Writers from Madrid
1947 births
Living people
Date of birth missing (living people)
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