Literature's favourite knight errant turns 400, Classics
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#x3C;p>Four centuries after he first set his lance at a windmill, Spain gears up to commemorate Don Quixote, its most famous literary son, with a year-long programme of celebrations.</p>
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Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes - Penguin Books New Zealand
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Knight Errant: The Singular Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Jane Rubino, Christopher Roden: 9781553100157: : Books
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Don Quixote - Wikipedia
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Rachel Schmidt: Picturing Don Quixote in The Public Domain Review
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SOMEWHERE IN LA MANCHA, in a place whose name I do not care to remember
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Thomas Asbridge's top 10 knights in literature, Books
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Tilting at Windmills: Don Quixote at 400
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Elements of Criticism, vol. 2
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (Audiobook) - Read free for 30 days
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The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant, Don Quixote of the Mancha, Vol. 1 of 4 (Classic Reprint): Saavedra, Miguel de Cervantes: 9780259872399: : Books
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Don Quijote in Dublin