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The Illustrious House of RamiresEca de QueirosTranslated by Ann Stevens10% off
Categories: 19th Century, Portuguese, Translation
Imprint: Aspects of Portugal Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Hardback (320 pages) (Pub. Aug 1993) 9780856359682 £29.95 £26.95
In this brilliant, many-layered novel, Eca chooses an unlikely hero, a half-ruined aristocrat, generous, devious, who takes refuge from decline in writing about the courage of his forebears. This is the story of Ramires, and of the Portugal of Eca's time.
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