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The Elephant's Journey by Saramago, José; Costa, Margaret Jull is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Elephant's Journey about?
<p>Solomon the elephant's life is about to be upturned. For two years he has been in Lisbon, brought from the Portuguese colonies in India. Now King Dom João III wishes to make him a wedding gift for the Hapsburg archduke, Maximilian. It's a nice idea, since it avoids the Portuguese king offending his Lutheran cousin with an overtly Catholic present. But it means the poor pachyderm must travel from Lisbon to Vienna on foot - the only option when transporting a large animal such a long way. So be
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Saramago, José; Costa, Margaret Jull
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781407092348
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Romance, Historical Fiction, Literary
- Rating
- 3.61 / 5 (163 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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