Resultados para "Don Quixote" en Historia

Before Don Quixote rode toward the windmills, Spain itself was already changing. This book is not a retelling of Cervantes’ novel. It is a quiet journey into the world that made such a story possible. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, Spain stood at the edge of transformation. The age of knights and unquestioned honor was fading. Printing presses were spreading stories into ordinary homes. Villages still woke before dawn, horses still carried dust along long roads, and faith shaped daily life—but beneath the surface, something irreversible was happening.

The story of literature in sixteen acts—from Homer to Harry Potter, including The Tale of Genji, Don Quixote, The Communist Manifesto, and how they shaped world history In this groundbreaking book, Martin Puchner leads us on a remarkable journey through time and around the globe to reveal the...