Eurico, o presbytero by Alexandre Herculano
"Eurico, o presbytero" by Alexandre Herculano is a historical novel written in 1844. Set during the eighth-century Muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, it tells the story of Eurico, a humble warrior who falls in love with Hermengarda, a noblewoman beyond his social reach. When his love is rejected, Eurico becomes a priest to escape his memories. But as Arab forces threaten his homeland, he transforms into the mysterious Black Knight, fighting
heroically to defend the crumbling Visigothic kingdom. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Herculano, Alexandre, 1810-1877 |
|---|---|
| Title | Eurico, o presbytero |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurico,_the_Presbyter Wikipedia page about this book: pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurico,_o_Presb%C3%ADtero |
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Produced by Rita Farinha, Alberto Manuel Brandão Simões and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 48.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | Portuguese |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Visigoths -- Spain -- History -- Fiction |
| Subject | Celibacy -- Catholic Church -- Fiction |
| Subject | Spain -- History -- Gothic period, 414-711 -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 45966 |
| Release Date | Jun 14, 2014 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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