by Prosper Mérimée · Antigonos Verlag · tapa dura · ISBN 9783563143834
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«Geschichte Peters des Grausamen» is the historical work by Prosper Mérimée, published by Antigonos Verlag in hardcover (396 pages, in German).
The book reconstructs the figure of Peter I of Castile, nicknamed the Cruel, and his reign in fourteenth-century Castile, with attention to noble conflicts and the political climate of the era. Mérimée offers a historical portrait written from a nineteenth-century literary perspective.
Unchanged reprint of the original 1867 edition, in German. The Antigonos Verlag imprint specializes in reissuing historical works.
For readers interested in medieval Castilian history and nineteenth-century European historical literature.
Prosper Mérimée was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, an important figure in the history of architectural preservation. He is best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen. He learned Russian, a language for which he had great affection, before translating the work of several notable Russian writers, including Pushkin and Gogol, into French. From 1830 until 1860 he was the inspector of French historical monuments, responsible for the protection of many historic sites, including the medieval citadel of Carcassonne and the restoration of the façade of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. Along with the writer George Sand, he discovered the series of tapestries called The Lady and the Unicorn, arranging for their preservation. He was instrumental in the creation of Musée national du Moyen Âge in Paris, where the tapestries now are displayed. The official database of French monuments, the Base Mérimée, bears his name.
