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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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; About the Book & About the Author; Praise; Title Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Humble Origins: The Makings of a Hero (1547-69); 2 Exile and the Fortunes of War (1569-75); 3 Captivity in Algiers (1575-80); 4 The Captive's Return (1580-6); 5 Precarious Years in Andalusia (1586-90); 6 The Vexatious Life of a Government Tax Collector (1590-8); 7 The Impulse to Write (1598-1604); 8 Don Quixote, the Knight Errant of La Mancha (1604-8); 9 A Full-Time Professional Writer (1608-14); 10 The Final Flowering (1614-16); Notes
- Appendix 1: A Brief Chronology of the Life of Miguel de CervantesAppendix 2: The Cervantes Family Tree; Appendix 3: A Note on Currency; Select Bibliography; Index; Untitled; Copyright; Contacts Page; Some Authors; Back Cover