Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley

by Lord Dunsany

Overview

A coming of age story set in the mythical "golden age" of Spain. The titular character is excluded from the inheritance of the family castle on the grounds that given his expertise with sword and mandolin he should be able to win his own estate and bride. Setting out to achieve his place in the world, Rodriguez quickly acquires a Sancho Panza-like servant, Morano, and goes on to experience a series of adventures en route to his goal.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781633553286
Publisher:	Start Classics
Publication date:	06/13/2014
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	168
File size:	349 KB

About the Author

Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) was a British writer. Born in London, Dunsany—whose name was Edward Plunkett—was raised in a prominent Anglo-Irish family alongside a younger brother. When his father died in 1899, he received the title of Lord Dunsany and moved to Dunsany Castle in 1901. He met Lady Beatrice Child Villiers two years later, and they married in 1904. They were central figures in the social spheres of Dublin and London, donating generously to the Abbey Theatre while forging friendships with W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, and George William Russell. In 1905, he published The Gods of Pegāna, a collection of fantasy stories, launching his career as a leading figure in the Irish Literary Revival. Subsequent collections, such as A Dreamer’s Tales (1910) and The Book of Wonder (1912), would influence generations of writers, including J. R. R. Tolkein, Ursula K. Le Guin, and H. P. Lovecraft. In addition to his pioneering work in the fantasy and science fiction genres, Dunsany was a successful dramatist and poet. His works have been staged and adapted for theatre, radio, television, and cinema, and he was unsuccessfully nominated for the 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Table of Contents

The First Chronicle: How He Met and Said Farewell to Mine Host of the Dragon and Knight

The Second Chronicle: How He Hired a Memorable Servant

The Third Chronicle: How He Came to the House of Wonder

The Fourth Chronicle: How He Came to the Mountains of the Sun

The Fifth Chronicle: How He Rode in the Twilight and Saw Serafina

The Sixth Chronicle: How He Sang to His Mandolin and What Came of His Singing

The Seventh Chronicle: How He Came to Shadow Valley

The Eighth Chronicle: How He Travelled Far

The Ninth Chronicle: How He Won a Castle in Spain

The Tenth Chronicle: How He Came Back to Lowlight

The Eleventh Chronicle: How He Turned to Gardening and His Sword Rested

The Twelfth Chronicle: The Building of Castle Rodriguez and the Ending of These Chronicles