The Trials of Persiles and Sigismunda

“Cervantes' last book, finished on his deathbed: a 'northern story' in the manner of Heliodorus. Two young pilgrims of wonderful beauty, Periandro and Auristela, who call themselves brother and sister, travel from the frozen islands of the North — barbarians, shipwrecks, kings in love — through Portugal, Spain and France to Rome, where at last their true names and their love are revealed.”