Project Gutenberg 2012-07-26 Public domain in the USA. 91 Alcock, Deborah 1835 1913 Alcock, D. The Spanish Brothers: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century The Spanish Brothers: A Tale of the 16th Century Produced by Al Haines "The Spanish Brothers: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century" by Deborah Alcock is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The story opens with two brothers, Juan and Carlos, living in a dilapidated castle in Spain during the mid-1500s. The novel explores themes of nobility, familial bonds, and the struggles of youth, with the brothers navigating their desires for adventure and honor while under the shadow of their family's mysterious past. At the start of the narrative, the brothers are introduced on a gloomy autumn day, engaging in typical childhood play yet with an underlying tension stemming from their respective personalities. The elder, Juan, is proud and assertive, while the younger, Carlos, is more sensitive and introspective. Their relationship is characterized by both camaraderie and competition, reflecting the complexities of brotherhood. As the story unfolds, hints of their father's legacy and their hopes for the future emerge, setting the stage for their individual journeys that will intertwine with the historical backdrop of the Spanish empire's expansion and the quest for identity amidst familial expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40346/40346-rst/images/img-cover.jpg en Historical fiction Brothers -- Fiction Reformation -- Spain -- Fiction PR PZ Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 828444 828396 2024-09-17T05:31:26.456907 2023-09-17T13:43:19.442591 text/html text/html 829012 2012-07-26T20:25:18 text/html; charset=utf-8 370946 2012-07-26T20:25:18 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 388660 2024-09-17T05:31:54.624755 application/epub+zip 926049 2024-09-17T05:31:51.770799 application/pdf 852943 2024-09-17T05:31:33.617872 application/pdf 410093 2024-09-17T05:31:37.894858 application/epub+zip 386953 2024-09-17T05:31:29.429900 application/epub+zip 618677 2024-09-17T05:32:01.549732 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 583543 2024-09-17T05:31:47.387800 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 561582 2022-09-18T12:56:17.133989 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 727683 2024-09-17T05:31:25.545892 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 727795 2012-07-26T20:28:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 284370 2012-07-26T20:28:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 725518 2012-07-26T20:28:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 283975 2012-07-26T20:28:30 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 725516 2012-07-26T20:28:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 283840 2012-07-26T20:28:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 26976 2024-09-17T05:32:01.712705 application/rdf+xml 715610 2024-09-17T05:31:23.364920 2023-09-17T13:43:18.810564 text/x-rst text/x-rst 715610 2012-07-26T20:28:52 text/x-rst 351883 2012-07-26T20:28:52 text/x-rst application/zip 16798 2024-09-17T05:31:34.987859 image/jpeg 2407 2024-09-17T05:31:34.317843 image/jpeg 370471 2024-09-17T05:31:26.530884 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia