The heroes’ destine: the resource of divination in two historical novels by Manuel Fernández y González

Abstract

In 1851, Manuel Fernández y González published El laurel de los siete siglos and, one year later, El condestable Don Álvaro de Luna. In both texts, explore the importance that the heroes of the two stories had at the end of their respective kingdoms. In the present article it was studied how the sevillian author resorts to daydreams, astrological readings and prophecies to construct for his characters an immovable and unmerciful destiny.