THE LAST BATTLE OF THE WORLD'S EMPEROR

When approaching the study of the literary image of Carlos V, the stories of heroic order that exalt his greatness are numerous. However, the Argentine writer Mujica Lainez, in Un novelista en el Museo del Prado, reflects not only that, but also his own melancholic temperament through Titian's Charles V in the Battle of Muhlberg, the emperor's most emblematic painting. In the final tale of his latest novel, Cesar intends to fight the most important battle of his life, the one for which he prepared in the remote Extremadura monastery of Yuste. He faces a difficult enemy, but not impossible to defeat. A brief journey in search of eternal glory, in which melancholy is the guiding element so that painting and poetry are founded, giving rise to a very wise portrait of the one who was emperor of the world in the 16th century.