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Arriving in Paris, they find a city on the brink of the French Revolution, filled with philosophical salons, libertine lifestyles, and rising political agitation. Dual Narrative Structure

Their trek from Madrid to Paris is fraught with danger, including: Hombres buenos

Navigating roads infested with bandits and staying in treacherous country inns. Arriving in Paris, they find a city on

A retired naval officer, rationalist, and skeptic who believes in the progress of science and the "lights" of reason. In the late 1700s, during the reign of

In the late 1700s, during the reign of King Charles III, the ( Real Academia Española ) commissions two of its members to travel to Paris. Their goal is to acquire the 28 volumes of the first edition of the Encyclopédie by Diderot and D'Alembert—a monumental work of the Enlightenment that was strictly banned in Spain by the Inquisition. The "Good Men"