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==Historical fiction==
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|author=Jose Saramago and Margaret Jull Costa
|title=The Elephant's Journey
|rating=3.5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=This novel is inspired by a real event – the marriage gift of an elephant from Dom João III of Portugal to his cousin Maximilian, the Hapsburg Archduke of Austria. When the gift was accepted, the elephant Solomon, his mahout Subhro and numerous soldiers, oxen and porters, walked from Lisbon to Vienna to deliver the present, arriving in 1552. This is the story of that journey.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099546884</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Sara Stockbridge
