Project Gutenberg 2012-07-26 Public domain in the USA. 310 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 Reading ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Historical fiction Brothers -- Fiction Reformation -- Spain -- Fiction PR PZ Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Historical Novels Category: Adventure 822216 2025-06-16T11:56:22.045148 text/html 816949 2024-10-23T09:53:06 text/html 388843 2025-06-16T11:56:42.938000 application/epub+zip 926050 2025-01-16T11:50:55.391440 application/pdf 852938 2025-01-16T11:50:37.627607 application/pdf 410025 2025-06-16T11:56:30.158069 application/epub+zip 386885 2025-06-16T11:56:25.431158 application/epub+zip 618691 2025-06-16T11:56:49.824074 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 583553 2025-06-16T11:56:39.797114 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 561582 2022-09-18T12:56:17.133989 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 725405 2025-06-16T11:56:20.718135 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 727795 2012-07-26T20:28:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 725518 2012-07-26T20:28:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 725516 2012-07-26T20:28:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 27082 2025-06-16T11:56:50.005964 application/rdf+xml 715610 2025-06-16T11:56:20.305131 text/x-rst 715610 2012-07-26T20:28:52 text/x-rst 16798 2025-06-16T11:56:27.071084 image/jpeg 2407 2025-06-16T11:56:26.145088 image/jpeg 284370 2012-07-26T20:28:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 283975 2012-07-26T20:28:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 370946 2012-07-26T20:25:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 351883 2012-07-26T20:28:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 283840 2012-07-26T20:28:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 358539 2025-06-16T11:56:22.117146 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia