Miguel de Cervantes was a Spanish author who wrote a novel, called "Don Quixote de la Mancha" (Part One) in 1605. It is about the popular adventures of a man, Alonso Quijano who reads so many books about chivalry and knights that he loses his mind and becomes a knight. He names himself, "Don Quixote de la Mancha". Cervantes wrote about the much beloved famous knight in two parts. This book only summarizes the first part as an introduction to Don Quixote's maligned, outdated tales.