by Manuel Mantero · Plaza & Janes Editores, S. A · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401800603
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«Antes muerto que mudado» is the historical novel by Manuel Mantero, published by Plaza & Janes Editores in paperback (233 pages, in Spanish).
In Cádiz in 1596, during the sack by English troops under the Earl of Essex, the young Englishman John Donne acts as interpreter and finds himself at the centre of negotiations. The novel follows his gaze to reveal the tensions between Spaniards and Englishmen and the intricacies of sixteenth-century war and diplomacy.
First edition of 1990, published in Barcelona in the Ediciones Paradigma collection (number 9).
For readers of historical fiction interested in the sixteenth century and in the conflicts between Spain and England.
