by Don Juan Manuel · Editorial Espasa Calpe · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423918218
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«El conde Lucanor» is the collection of medieval tales by Don Juan Manuel, published by Editorial Espasa Calpe in paperback (307 pages, in Spanish).
The Count Lucanor presents various dilemmas to his adviser Patronio and receives in response a tale with a practical moral. Don Juan Manuel thus gathers exempla from Eastern and Christian tradition to teach prudence, cunning and good personal governance, with a didactic tone typical of the 14th century.
Edition prepared by María Jesús Lacarra in the Austral Collection. The work, also known as «Libro de los enxiemplos del Conde Lucanor e de Patronio», was written in 1335.
It will appeal to readers of Spanish classics, students of medieval literature and fans of short narrative with a moral background.
Don Juan Manuel was a Spanish medieval writer, nephew of Alfonso X of Castile, son of Manuel of Castile and Beatrice of Savoy. He inherited from his father the great Lordship of Villena, receiving the titles of Lord, Duke and lastly Prince of Villena. He married three times, choosing his wives for political and economic convenience, and worked to match his children with partners associated with royalty. Juan Manuel became one of the richest and most powerful men of his time, coining his own currency as the kings did. During his life, he was criticised for choosing literature as his vocation, an activity thought inferior for a nobleman of such prestige.
