No items found.

Cervantes

No items found.

by Jean Canavaggio

Winner of the Prix Goncourt for biography in 1987.

A study of the life of Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote. It traces his life as a soldier, as a tax collector, his time as a prisoner of war of the Turks, and finally the publication of Don Quixote in 1605.

Our thoughts on Cervantes

Our favourite quote from Cervantes

biographies & memoirs

Want to learn how to read 25-50+ books a year? Check out The Art of Reading course by Alex & Books.

1 recommendations for Cervantes

1 recommendation for Cervantes

explore all people

Book Summary

Other books in

No items found.

explore all series

Similar recommendations

The Bed of Procrustes

The Bed of Procrustes

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Inner Game of Tennis

The Inner Game of Tennis

W. Timothy Gallwey

Becoming

Becoming

Michelle Obama

Rich Dad Poor Dad

Rich Dad Poor Dad

Robert T. Kiyosaki

Einstein

Einstein

Walter Isaacson

A Curious Mind

A Curious Mind

Brian Grazer

Peak Performance

Peak Performance

Brad Stulberg & Steve Magness

On Writing Well

On Writing Well

William Zinsser

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Jack Weatherford

Take Pride

Take Pride

Jessica Tracy

Security Analysis

Security Analysis

Benjamin Graham & David L. Dodd

In Defense of Food

In Defense of Food

Michael Pollan

Rework

Rework

David Heinemeier Hansson

Wild

Wild

Cheryl Strayed

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

Richard P. Feynman

explore all books

Explore our book lists

Best Personal Development Books

Everything Is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo

You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness by Jen Sincero

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Best Mental Health Books

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Book by Bessel van der Kolk

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone Book by Lori Gottlieb

First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Story about Anxiety Book by Sarah Wilson

Books Billionaires Read

Best Books For Men

The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson

Best Environment Books

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates

The Overstory by Richard Powers

The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells

Best Cryptocurrency Books

Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain by Andreas Antonopoulos

The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking by Saifedean Ammous

Bitcoin Billionaires by Ben Mezrich

explore all our lists

— Jean Canavaggio, Cervantes