: It is not a traditional novel but a political thriller that functions like a journalistic report, utilizing fictionalized diaries and letters to ground the story in historical reality.
: The work won the Fernando Lara Novel Prize in 2012 , recognized for its "rigorous" yet accessible portrayal of Spanish history. Mis anotaciones: La berlina de Prim (2012), de Ian Gibson La berlina de Prim - Ian Gibson.epub
The novel’s title refers to the carriage ( berlina ) in which Prim was shot while traveling through Madrid's calle del Turco . Gibson uses a fictional protagonist, Patrick Boyd—the imaginary son of the real-life Irish revolutionary Robert Boyd —to investigate the crime three years after it occurred. : It is not a traditional novel but
