by Juan Manuel Infante of Castile · tapa dura · ISBN 9788424156152
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«El Conde Lucanor» is the medieval storybook by don Juan Manuel, infante of Castile, published by Everest in hardback (239 pages, in Spanish).
Count Lucanor poses questions about practical and moral life to his advisor Patronio; Patronio answers with tales and examples. Each story ends with a moral that guides conduct, and the author adds final verses with the lesson. It is a key work of medieval Spanish narrative.
School edition prepared by José María Osorio Rodríguez, in the Lecturas Everest 2000 collection.
As a school edition, it is intended for students and for those approaching medieval classics in Spanish for the first time.
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.
