'Tirant lo blank' is a fifteenth century epic adventure story, written by Joanot Martorell a knight and author beleived to have lived in Valencia between 1413 and 1465. The book gives an insight into his views of 15th Century life. Conveiniently re-shaping history to fit.
Tirant lo blancas was described by Cervantes curate in Don Quixote as,
'by right of its style it is the best book in the world. Here knights eat and sleep, and die in their beds, and make their wills before dying, and a great deal more of which there is nothing in all the other books. Nevertheless, I say he who wrote it, for deliberately composing such fooleries, deserves to be sent to the galleys for life.'
Don Quixote later refers to 'the never sufficiently praised Tirante el Blanco.'
The book was written a hundred years before Cevantes put pen to paper.
'The knightly estate excels in such degree that it would be highly revered, if knights pursued the ends for which it was created.'
The translation into english ISBN: 0517623161
In the year of Cervantes 400th anniversary this book makes an interesting read.Back to the present...
The castle of Saint Fernando of Figueres has been converted into a Turkish stronghold for the movie.
The local thespians mainly long haired and weird beard types, are suddenly fashionable again and desperate for roles as extras in the movie.
The web site of the castle can be found at,
http://ww2.grn.es/santferranfigueres/
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