ALL ABOUT THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE AUTHOR OF “DON QUIXOTE”! In the fate of the greatest writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - the creator of the first modern novel in literature and his eternally living main characters Don Quixote and Sancho Panza - there are still many mysterious episodes, one of which there was a sword duel on the territory of the royal palace in Madrid, which dramatically changed the whole life of the future author of Don Quixote, forcing him to secretly flee Spain and then, as a marine, participate in the epoch-making Battle of Lepanto in 1571. In this bloody battle with the Turkish fleet, Cervantes shows amazing heroism and receives several severe gunshot wounds, one of which permanently deprives him of the use of his left hand. But Cervantes returns to duty and is captured by Algerian pirates, where he will spend five whole years... Book by Doctor of Historical Sciences T.F. Dmitricheva, for the first time, restores in all details the unusually interesting and difficult life of Cervantes, which is reflected in many works of the brilliant writer, but was especially voluminously and vividly captured on the pages of the novel “The Cunning Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha,” recognized in the world as “The Best Book of All Time and peoples", and in our country included in the school curriculum. The publishing layout of the book is saved in PDF A4 format.