The Eternal Quest

In 16th-century Valladolid, Spain's new capital, Miguel Cervantes is busy writing his comic novel, Don Quixote. Issued in instalments, it is fast making him the most popular author in the country, when three potential disasters strike: Cervantes discovers that there is a real Don Quixote, just like the character he thought he'd invented; a jealous poet concocts a scheme involving one of the novel's other characters in order to make Cervantes a laughing stock; and he falls in love with a beautiful, widowed but unavailable Duchess. Many duels, misunderstandings, politicking and betrayals later, Don Quixote himself comes to Cervantes' rescue. A wonderful evocation of Spain in the 16th century peopled with a cast of Chaucerian characters, this is a comedy in the mediaeval sense of the word.

Title - The Eternal Quest

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Author - Julian Branston

ISBN 13 - 9780340822814

Imprint - Sceptre

Publisher - Hodder & Stoughton

Date Published - 23/01/2003

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Binding Type - Hardback

Dimensions - 137 x 30 x 204mm

Weight - 419 g

Languages - English