Cervantes - Hardcover

Canavaggio, Jean

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393028127 ISBN 13: 9780393028126

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1990

Synopsis

A study of the life of Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote. It traces his life as a soldier, as a tax collector, his time as a prisoner of war of the Turks, and finally the publication of Don Quixote in 1605.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The life of Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, has always posed a puzzle to scholars: a tantalizing patchwork of myth, fact, and conjecture. We know that he was a soldier and later a tax collector; that he was maimed in battle at Lepanto and held prisoner of war by the Turks; that he was thrown in jail, and later excommunicated; that he vanished from view for years at a time; and that at the age of 57, in 1605, he published the masterpiece that was both the first modern novel and the first best seller.

Synopsis:

A study of the life of Cervantes, the author of "Don Quixote". It traces his life as a soldier, as a tax collector, his time as a prisoner of war of the Turks, and finally the publication of "Don Quixote" in 1605. This book won the Prix Goncourt for biography in 1987.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0393028127
• ISBN 13: 9780393028126
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 348