by Don Juan Manuel · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788477292838
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«El conde Lucanor» is the collection of medieval tales by Don Juan Manuel, in paperback (160 pages, in Spanish).
In the work, Count Lucanor poses problems to his advisor Patronio, who responds with a brief tale from which a moral applicable to the dilemma emerges. The stories address prudence, cunning, virtue and the consequences of actions, with a clear didactic intent.
Published on March 1, 1999, this paperback edition falls under the category Literature and Fiction.
For students approaching the classics and for those seeking short stories with a moral.
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.
