Tyll. [online electronic book]
Tyll. [online electronic book]
By
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Kehlmann, Daniel, 1975-
Publication Date
:
2020
Subject Term
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Adventure fiction.
Adventure stories.
Electronic books.
Genre
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Historical fiction.
Additional Contributors
:
Benjamin, Ross.
Summary
:
Daniel Kehlmann masterfully weaves the fates of many historical figures into this enchanting work of magical realism and adventure. This account of the seventeenth-century vagabond performer and trickster Tyll Ulenspiegel begins when he's a scrawny boy growing up in a quiet village. When his father, a miller with a secret interest in alchemy and magic, is found out by the church, Tyll is forced to flee with the baker's daughter, Nele. They find safety and companionship with a traveling performer, who teaches Tyll his trade. And so begins a journey of discovery and performance for Tyll, as he travels through a continent devastated by the Thirty Years' War and encounters along the way a hangman, a fraudulent Jesuit scholar, and the exiled King Frederick and Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781524747473
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