The Memoirs of Christopher Columbus
Book description
In this novel, Christopher Columbus tells the story of his life and recalls the first fateful love of his youth, thoughts on his Portuguese wife, his Spanish mistress, and Queen Isabella, and his discovery of the New World
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1 author picked The Memoirs of Christopher Columbus as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A surreal picaresque, apparently narrated by the ghost of Columbus, who knows exactly how posterity has treated him and sets out to tell the ‘true’ story of his life and adventures. Written in a lively, vernacular style, full of jokes, arguments, boasts, anachronisms, score-settling, and shifts of tone and genre, it is a thoroughly enjoyable read.
This book tests the limits of the memoir, and shows that historical novels can be great fun, and don’t always have to respect their sources.
From Christopher's list on getting right inside the minds of historical people.
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