No Ordinary Man : the Life and Times of Miguel de Cervantes.
The first biography to be aimed at the general reader as much as at students and historians, No Ordinary Man is a fascinating study of the life and work of Miguel de Cervantes (1547?1616), the writer known as the ""Spanish Shakespeare"" and author of the timeless classic Don Quix...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
Peter Owen Publishers,
2005.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The first biography to be aimed at the general reader as much as at students and historians, No Ordinary Man is a fascinating study of the life and work of Miguel de Cervantes (1547?1616), the writer known as the ""Spanish Shakespeare"" and author of the timeless classic Don Quixote. A renaissance man in all senses of the term, Cervantes was, in his time, an adventurer, spy, soldier, hostage, and creator of the first European novel. This biography is based on the latest original research and incorporates previously unpublished material on Cervantes' long period of captivity in Algiers, his inv. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (256 pages) |
ISBN: | 9780720616309 0720616301 9780720612479 0720612470 |