Joanot Martorell: 3 books

Es significativo que, de entre los libros de caballerías quemados por el cura en el Quijote, Cervantes salvara, el Amadís de Gaula, el Palmerín de Inglaterra y el Tirante el Blanco, al que llama «el mejor libro del mundo». Aun con el sentido paródico que tienen los libros de caballerías en...

It is significant that among the romances burned by the priest in Don Quixote, Cervantes saved Amadís de Gaula, Palmerín de Inglaterra, and Tirant lo Blanc, which he calls "the best book in the world." Tirant lo Blanc was written at a time when the tradition of medieval knights was...

Translated by David H. Rosenthal Here is a recovered Renaissance classic, a Catalan novel of chivalry done into English for the first time by a gifted poet and translator. Cervantes singles out Tirant lo Blanc for very special praise in Don Quixote—in the scene in which the don’s friends,...