The hero of this work is the only survivor of a shipwreck en route to Cadiz after the men who eat his tutor Pedrillo go insane and die.
The hero of this work is the only survivor of a shipwreck en route to Cadiz after the men who eat his tutor Pedrillo go insane and die. He is sold in to slavery in Istanbul and survives the siege of Ismail, where he distinguishes himself in battle and rescues the Muslim orphan Leila. He is better known, however, for his romantic exploits, which include trysts with the Grecian beauty Haidee, the married Spaniard Julia, and Catherine the Great. For ten points, identify this Byronic mock-epic whose titular figure is a legendary Spanish lover.
The hero of this work is the only survivor of a shipwreck en route to Cadiz after the men who eat his tutor Pedrillo go insane and die.
{Don Juan} [JOO-un]