During this new confinement he outlined the first part of Don Quixote, published in 1605.
As a collector, he would win enemies of all sizes, being excommunicated by the Catholic Church and even imprisoned for embezzlement. He tris to return to military life, but only get an ungrateful job. Although those two facts are not connected: Isabel is the result of the relationship with an unfaithful woman and her marriage ends up being also a mistake. With all the experiences gained, he starts writing. In 1580 he returns home, thanks to the negotiations of the trinitarian order and the sleeplessness of the women in his family, which possibly explains why his female characters are treated with such respect. Near the Spanish coasts, the ship where he travels is hijacked by pirates and the next five years he will be held captive in Algeria. In Lepanto he wins his famous nickname of “manco”, he ends up with only useless hand that would carry with great pride the rest of his life. At the age of twenty-two he leaves for to Italy and becomes a soldier of the Holy League. That is why there is no certainty about where he recieves his elementary education. Of noble family but with little fortune, he had an itinerant childhood. His biographers have established Alcalá de Henares as his birthplace and the day September 29, 1547.
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