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No ordinary man : the life and times of Miguel de Cervantes Donald P. McCrory.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCrory, Donald.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de.
- Authors, Spanish--Classical period, 1500-1700--Biography.
- Authors, Spanish.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 320 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Chester Springs, PA : Peter Owen, 2002.
- Summary:
- Adventurer, spy, lover, soldier-hero, hostage, tax collector, poet, playwright, and creator of the first European novel, Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) rubbed shoulders with royalty and aristocracy as well as the leading military and intellectual luminaries of his day. McCrory's biography incorporates much previously unpublished material that sheds light on Cervantes' long period of captivity as a hostage, his involvement with piracy in the Mediterranean, espionage, and the Spanish Armada, as well as new information on the writer's lost years (1584-1602).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0720610850
- OCLC:
- 50694976
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