The Sunny South: An Autumn in Spain and Majorca
CHAPTER VIII.
THE ESCORIAL.--ITS PRECINCTS.--SPIRIT AND CHARACTER OF THE EDIFICE.--MAUSOLEUM OF THE KINGS OF SPAIN.--MELANCHOLY GUIDE.--SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGES.--ROYAL REMAINS.--CHARLES V.--PHILIP II.--THE PLAZA MAYOR OF MADRID.--QUEEN ISABELLA AT THE OPERA 142