Herculano, Alexandre, 1810-1877

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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurico,_the_Presbyter Wikipedia page about this book: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurico,_o_Presb%C3%ADtero Release date is 2014-06-14

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and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned
images of public domain material from the Google Print
project.)

"Eurico, o presbytero" by Alexandre Herculano is a historical novel written in 1844. Set during the eighth-century Muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula, it tells the story of Eurico, a humble warrior who falls in love with Hermengarda, a noblewoman beyond his social reach. When his love is rejected, Eurico becomes a priest to escape his memories. But as Arab forces threaten his homeland, he transforms into the mysterious Black Knight, fighting heroically to defend the crumbling Visigothic kingdom. (This is an automatically generated summary.)



Visigoths -- Spain -- History -- Fiction Celibacy -- Catholic Church -- Fiction Spain -- History -- Gothic period, 414-711 -- Fiction

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