Title: Alcacer-Kibir
First published: 1997
Description: "Fictional account of facts surrounding the 1578 Christian-Moorish battle where King Sebastian of Portugal disappeared. Throughout the text, narrator interjects to present results of his research in Morocco and Lisbon. Includes comments on the emergence of the messianic movement that engulfed Portugal for centuries after the disappearance of the king who did not leave an heir to the throne"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Subjects: Fiction, Alcazarquivir, Battle of, Qaṣr al-Kabīr, Larache, Morocco, 1578
People: Sebastião King of Portugal (1554-1578)
LC classification: PQ9697.O49 A76 1997