Usurpers: San Juan De Dios; the Invalid; the Bell of Huesca; the Impostors; the Bewitched; the Inquisitor; the Embrace; Dialogue of the Dead: A ... (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics S.) - Softcover

Richmond, Carolyn; Ayala, Francisco

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9780140189773: Usurpers: San Juan De Dios; the Invalid; the Bell of Huesca; the Impostors; the Bewitched; the Inquisitor; the Embrace; Dialogue of the Dead: A ... (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics S.)

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ISBN 10: 0140189777 ISBN 13: 9780140189773

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1996

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The stories in 'Usurpers' draw their inspiration from the history of medieval and Golden Age Spain, but their theme is universal - the dreadful consequences of humankind's fascination with power.

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This work contains seven stories which draw their inspiration from the history of medieval and Golden Age Spain, and take their universal theme from the dreadful consequences of humankind's fascination with power. It includes "The Inquisitor".

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