El Duque

The Duke and I had nothing in common. Not the place, not the forms, not the friendships, not the titles, not the job, not the standard of living. With time, and without haste, we have been forging much stronger ties than those required by circumstances or interests. This book is the portrait of the singular friend and the artist who holds a monumental work. Through its pages I relate the adventures and mutual influences of an unusual relationship between the nobleman and the minstrel. The friendship that Albert Boadella has maintained for years with the Duke of Segorbe leads him to reflect on two ways of seeing the world and of being in it: that of the aristocrat who has centuries of tradition behind him and that of the buffoon, the comedian who It drags a very different tradition: showbiz people, untrustworthy. The true social distance, the protocol, the taste for tradition and conservatism that, against all odds, perfectly fits the buffoon, also a lover of beauty and the classic: architecture, gardens, art, music and even the bullfighting party. A literary and evocative reflection on a world of great beauty despite its anachronism.