Cervantes Decoded: The Extraordinary Life of the Author of Don Quixote

11 hrs. 6 min.

Language Russian

Author Timur Dmitrichev

Narrator Ekaterina Sizykh

Description

ALL ABOUT THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE AUTHOR OF “DON QUIXOTE”! In the fate of the greatest writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra—creator of the first modern novel in literature, and his ever-living main characters, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza—there are still many mysterious episodes. One of them was a duel with swords on the territory of the royal palace in Madrid, which dramatically changed the future author of “Don Quixote’s” entire life: it forced him to flee Spain in secret, and later, as a marine infantryman, to take part in the epoch-making Battle of Lepanto in 1571. In that bloody clash with the Turkish fleet, Cervantes displays astonishing heroism, receives several severe gunshot wounds—one of which permanently deprives him of the ability to use his left hand. But Cervantes returns to service and ends up captured by Algerian pirates, where he will spend as many as five years… Dr. of Historical Sciences T.F. Dmitriev’s book, for the first time, restores in full detail the extraordinary and difficult life of Cervantes—one that found expression in many works of the brilliant writer, but especially abundantly and vividly remained etched in the pages of the novel “The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha,” recognized worldwide as “The Best Book of All Times and Peoples,” and in our country included in the school curriculum.

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