The Force of Blood: 16th Century tale about a woman vying for revenge from her past abuser

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was born in late September 1547 in Alcalá de Henares, a few miles to the north-east of Madrid in Spain.

Despite his reputation as a literary leviathan surprisingly little is known of his life. All the portraits and paintings raised in his honour are unattributed and so may, or may not be, his likeness.

What is known of his life is thought to have been embellished by the man himself and for a literary man he spent much of his time involved in wars and military adve...