02699nam 22004453u 450 991046459630332120210117204406.0(CKB)3710000000103157(EBL)1681795(MiAaPQ)EBC1609816(MiAaPQ)EBC1681795(EXLCZ)99371000000010315720140505d2005|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||No Ordinary Man[electronic resource] The Life and Times of Miguel de CervantesChicago Peter Owen Publishers20051 online resource (256 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7206-1247-0 Front Cover; About the Book & About the Author; Praise; Title Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Humble Origins: The Makings of a Hero (1547-69); 2 Exile and the Fortunes of War (1569-75); 3 Captivity in Algiers (1575-80); 4 The Captive's Return (1580-6); 5 Precarious Years in Andalusia (1586-90); 6 The Vexatious Life of a Government Tax Collector (1590-8); 7 The Impulse to Write (1598-1604); 8 Don Quixote, the Knight Errant of La Mancha (1604-8); 9 A Full-Time Professional Writer (1608-14); 10 The Final Flowering (1614-16); NotesAppendix 1: A Brief Chronology of the Life of Miguel de CervantesAppendix 2: The Cervantes Family Tree; Appendix 3: A Note on Currency; Select Bibliography; Index; Untitled; Copyright; Contacts Page; Some Authors; Back CoverThe first biography to be aimed at the general reader as much as at students and historians, No Ordinary Man is a fascinating study of the life and work of Miguel de Cervantes (1547?1616), the writer known as the ""Spanish Shakespeare"" and author of the timeless classic Don Quixote. A renaissance man in all senses of the term, Cervantes was, in his time, an adventurer, spy, soldier, hostage, and creator of the first European novel. This biography is based on the latest original research and incorporates previously unpublished material on Cervantes' long period of Authors, Spanish -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- BiographyCervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616Electronic books.Authors, Spanish -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- Biography.Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.813813.3813/.3863.3McCrory Donald P962581AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910464596303321No Ordinary Man2182721UNINA