{"product_id":"don-fernando-1","title":"Don Fernando","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maugham, W. Somerset\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 26-09-2000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description      \u003cbr\u003e\nConsidered by Graham Greene to be Maugham's best work,\u003cbr\u003e\nDon Fernando is a paean to a golden age of enormous creative energy. It discusses the writings of St. Teresa and the paintings of El Greco, and comments with sagacity and wit on such illustrious figures as Cervantes, Velazquez and the creator of Don Juan. This vibrant assessment of a great people at their greatest hour is full of happy surprises, curious facts and stimulating opinions that reflect Maugham's lifelong enchantment with the landscape and people of Spain.\u003cbr\u003e\n      Review      \u003cbr\u003e\nMaugham's best travel book,\u003cbr\u003e\nWashington Post\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nOne of the most under-rated writers of last century,\u003cbr\u003e\nGlasgow Herald\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nMaugham was one of the great masters of clever narrative and construction -- Allan Massie\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe was a superb storyteller - one of the very best in our language - who wrote with a wordly, sardonic understanding of the human condition.,\u003cbr\u003e\nDaily Mail\u003cbr\u003e\n      From the Inside Flap      \u003cbr\u003e\nA paean to Spain's golden age of enormous creative energy,\u003cbr\u003e\nDon Fernando begins with the vivid tale of Loyola's life and conversion, discusses the writings of St Teresa and the paintings of El Greco, and comments with sagacity and wit on such illustrious figures as Cervantes, Luis de Léon, Lope de Vega, Velasquez and the creator of Don Juan.\u003cbr\u003e\n      About the Author      \u003cbr\u003e\nWilliam Somerset Maugham was born in 1874 and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas' Hospital with the idea of practising medicine, but the success of his first novel,\u003cbr\u003e\nLiza of Lambeth, published in 1897, won him over to literature.\u003cbr\u003e\nOf Human Bondage, the first of his masterpieces, came out in 1915, and with the publication in 1919 of\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Moon and Sixpence his reputation as a novelist was established. At the same time his fame as a successful playwright and writer was being consolidated with acclaimed productions of various plays and the publication of several short story collections. His other works include travel books, essays, criticism and the autobiographical\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Summing Up and\u003cbr\u003e\nA Writer's Notebook. In 1927 Somerset Maugham settled in the South of France and lived there until his death in 1965\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780099289401\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50105344327984,"sku":"Trans_9780099289401","price":525.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/51tn6gh5kAL.jpg?v=1756731691","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/don-fernando-1","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}