Synopsis
Maria Isabel, Duchess of Caparroso, falls in love with Cervantes and then believes herself to have been recognizably misrepresented in fiction. Her diary records her journey to despair and isolation, followed by a quest for the truth and her progress back into the world with renewed hope.
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"A moving and imaginative peeling away of those dark and tragic layers which underline the shiny gloss of fiction in the course of which, almost casually but with amazing grace, Robin Chapman recreates the whole world of Cervantes's Spain."
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Robin Chapman has written several novels including the acclaimed The DuchessAes Diary, Wartimes, Christoferus or Tom KydAes Revenge, and The Secret of the World. He has also written a number of award-winning stage and screen plays, including Guests, Blunt and Skin, which was awarded an Edgar by the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in France.
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The Duchess's Diary
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Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd, UK, 1994
ISBN 10: 1856194965
ISBN 13: 9781856194969
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. edges rubbed. pages browning. scuff from sticker removal on isbn on back cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 907478