Query: Portuguese-language Books about Europe set in the Middle Ages
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
A God Strolling in the Cool of the Evening
The History of the Siege of Lisbon
Evidence from documents: A God Strolling in the Cool of the Evening: '''''A God Strolling in the Cool of the Evening''''' () is a historical novel by the Portuguese writer
The History of the Siege of Lisbon: Portuguese-language Books: a novel by Portuguese author José Saramago, first published in 1989.
about Europe set in the Middle Ages: Raimundo Silva, assigned to correct a book entitled ''The History of Siege of Lisbon'' by his publishing house, decides to alter the meaning of a crucial sentence by inserting the word "not" in the text, so that the book now claims that the Crusaders did ''not'' come to the aid of the Portuguese king in taking Lisbon from the Moors. This has repercussions both for himself and for the historical profession. The second plot is Saramago's simultaneous recounting of the siege in the style of a historical romance.