by Jose Saramago
This tale, based on a true story, tells of the adventures and misadventures of a wedding gift of an elephant, making its way on foot from Lisbon, Portugal to Vienna, Austria. It made for a unique reading experience, in that there was minimal paragraphing and punctuation -- dialogues and narration ru...
Yes, this is a book of historical fiction. It is based on a true event in history: “In 1551, King João III of Portugal gave Archduke Maximilian an unusual wedding present: an elephant named Solomon. The elephant's journey from Lisbon to Vienna was witnessed and remarked upon by scholars, historians,...
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