''Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley'' is a

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novel by Lord Dunsany, issued in the United States under this title and in the United Kingdom as ''The Chronicles of Rodriguez''. The first editions, in hardcover, were published simultaneously in

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and New York by

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in February 1922. The first paperback edition was published by Ballantine Books as the thirtieth volume of its

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in May 1971. It was the series' third Dunsany volume. The Ballantine edition includes an introduction by series editor

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. It and later editions use the American title.

Plot summary

A coming of age story set in the mythical "golden age" of Spain. The titular character is excluded from the inheritance of the family castle on the grounds that given his expertise with sword and mandolin he should be able to win his own estate and bride. Setting out to achieve his place in the world, Rodriguez quickly acquires a

Sancho Panza Sancho Panza () is a fictional character in the novel ''Don Quixote'' written by Spanish author Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in 1605. Sancho acts as squire to Don Quixote and provides comments throughout the novel, known as ''sanchismos'', ...

-like servant, Morano, and goes on to experience a series of extraordinary adventures that lead him into the heart of fantasy in the mythopoeic Shadow Valley.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Don Rodriguez: Chronicles Of Shadow Valley 1922 British novels 1922 fantasy novels British fantasy novels Irish fantasy novels Novels by Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany Novels set in Spain Ballantine Books books