Don Quixote of the Mancha

Informationen zum Autor Miguel de Cervantes was born on September 29, 1547, in Alcala de Henares, Spain. At twenty-three he enlisted in the Spanish militia and in 1571 fought against the Turks in the battle of Lepanto, where a gunshot wound permanently crippled his left hand. He spent four more years at sea and then another five as a slave after being captured by Barbary pirates. Ransomed by his family, he returned to Madrid but his disability hampered him; it was in debtor's prison that he began to write Don Quixote . Cervantes wrote many other works, including poems and plays, but he remains best known as the author of Don Quixote . He died on April 23, 1616. Klappentext The story of the Spanish knight Don Quizote whose devotion to the tales of chivalry leads him into a series of bizarre adventures in the company of his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, blends fantasy, comedy and gripping narrative in a way that has appealed to children ever since it was first published. Zusammenfassung The story of the Spanish knight Don Quizote whose devotion to the tales of chivalry leads him into a series of bizarre adventures in the company of his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, blends fantasy, comedy and gripping narrative in a way that has appealed to children ever since it was first published.

Product details

• Authors: Miguel de Cervantes, Miguel De Cervantes Saav, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel De Cervantes
• Assisted by: Walter Crane (Illustration)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 5 to 7
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.12.1998
• EAN: 9781857155020
• ISBN: 978-1-85715-502-0
• No. of pages: 245
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 210 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Everyman's Library CHILDREN'S CLASSICS; Everyman's Library CHILDREN'S CLASSICS
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Classics, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage)