by Carlos Rojas · Plaza & Janés · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401385902
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«El bastardo del rey» is the historical novel by Carlos Rojas published by Plaza & Janés in hardcover, with 281 pages, in Spanish.
The novel follows Daniel Rodríguez Durán, illegitimate son of Alfonso XIII, and reconstructs his life in parallel with the historical context of the Spain of his time. With an apocryphal biography approach, Carlos Rojas combines fiction and reality to offer a personal view of episodes in the country's history.
El bastardo del rey was published on March 3, 1999, belongs to the Ave Fénix collection (no. 87) and is an edition with an illustrated dust jacket.
A work recommended for readers interested in the history of Spain and in biographical fiction about real figures of the monarchy.
Carlos Rojas is an American sinologist and translator. He is currently Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University's Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. He is a cultural historian and his work and teachings primarily focus on Chinese culture. He also teaches the subjects of film, gender, sexuality, and feminist studies. He received a B.A. from Cornell University in 1995 and a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2000. Before his professorship at Duke, Rojas was Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese Literature and Film at the University of Florida. Rojas lives in Durham, North Carolina.
