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Escorial Conspiracy: Esmeralda's Vacation To Spain

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One day Esmeralda and her family decided to go for vacation to Spain. They wanted to visit many places and enjoy their trip. When Esmeralda visited El Escorial, she totally loved it. She became very interested in the history behind it. Until one day, Uncle Alberto her fathers friend who is a tour guide took her to visit the Escorial to learn about the history behind it. Uncle Alberto said that there was a movie made in honor of the building and its called "The Escorial Conspiracy" On the night of Easter Monday March 31, 1578, assassins murdered the treasury secretary Juan de Escobedo in cold blood in the royal palace of El Escorial). There ensues a series of investigations that are aimed at people close to the Court of Philip
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