by Juan Manuel · Edaf · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788441415256
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«El conde Lucanor» is a collection of exemplary tales by Don Juan Manuel, published by Edaf in paperback (416 pages, in Spanish).
The book brings together tales framed in the dialogues between Count Lucanor and his advisor Patronio. Faced with the nobleman's doubts about power, love, marriage, enemies, lies, ambition or death, Patronio replies with examples and teachings that close each story, in a didactic work that reflects universal concerns.
This edition contains an introductory study and critical annotations by María Jesús Zamora Calvo and belongs to the Biblioteca Edaf collection (no. 286).
A work commonly read in schools and suitable for those approaching medieval Spanish classics.
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.
