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The Riddle and the Knight: In Search of Sir John Mandeville by Giles Milton (Paperback, 2001)
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Despite his influence on explorers from Columbus to Drake, Mandeville was all but written off by the Victorians. The story never quite rises to the level of the author's ingenuity and wit, as it would in Milton's subsequent books.
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In 1322 Sir John Mandeville left England on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Thirty-four years later, he returned, claiming to have visited not only Jerusalem, but India, China, Java, Sumatra and Borneo as well. His book about that voyage, THE TRAVELS, was heralded as the most important book of the Middle Ages as Mandeville claimed his voyage proved it was possible to circumnavigate the globe. In the nineteenth century sceptics questioned his voyage, and even doubted he had left England. THE RIDDLE AND THE KNIGHT sets out to discover whether Mandeville really could have made his voyage or whether, as is claimed, THE TRAVELS was a work of imaginative fiction. Bestselling historian Giles Milton unearths clues about the journey and reveals that THE TRAVELS is built upon a series of riddles which have, until now, remained unsolved.Product Identifiers
PublisherJohn Murray Press
ISBN-139780340819456
eBay Product ID (ePID)88283967
Product Key Features
Publication Year2001
Book TitleThe Riddle and the Knight: in Search of Sir John Mandeville
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiographies & True Stories
AuthorGiles Milton
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height197 mm
Item Weight217 g
Item Width128 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorGiles Milton
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- 28 Jan, 2020
A good read
Couldn't put it down. I love Giles Milton's books.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
