The elephant's journey
Saramago, Jose2011
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This text tells how in 1551, King John III of Portugal, whose wife, Catherine, is a Habsburg, decides that the best wedding present they can give to the Archduke Maximilian a Habsburg is the elephant that has been living in Lisbon for the last two years a gift from the Portuguese colonies in India.
Main title:
The elephant's journey / by Jose Saramago ; translated by Margaret Jull Costa Costa.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2011.
Collation:
288 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
This translation originally published: London: Harvill Secker, 2010.Translated from the Portuguese.
ISBN:
9780099546887 (pbk)0099546884 (pbk)
Language:
EnglishPortuguese
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BRN:
456426