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Based on the life of Hasan al-Wazzan.
Based on the life of Hasan al-Wazzan.
Modedim et ha-ʻolam
by Kehlmann, Daniel, Hellerman Carmel, Yiftah, Shṭern, ʻAdinah
fromMenorat ḳeriʼah
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Type: Book
Leo Africanus is a beautiful book of tales about people who are forced to accept choices made for them by someone else ... It relates, particularly at times and often imaginatively, the story of those who did not make it to the New World. Exile and pilgrimage, the power of sexua…
Overview: "I, Hasan the son of Muhammad the weigh-master, I, Jean-Leon de Medici, circumcised at the hand of a barber and baptized at the hand of a pope, I am now called the African, but I am not from Africa, nor from Europe, nor from Arabia. I am also called the Granadan, the F…
Written in the form of a memoir, this historical novel explores the meeting of two worlds, Islam and Christendom, through the adventures of real-life Arab traveler and geographer Hassan al-Wazzan.
Overview: "I, Hasan the son of Muhammad the weigh-master, I, Jean-Leon de Medici, circumcised at the hand of a barber and baptized at the hand of a pope, I am now called the African, but I am not from Africa, nor from Europe, nor from Arabia. I am also called the Granadan, the F…
Intertwines three narratives to tell the tale of the beginning of the end of the world: a younger, angrier Hagia, the blemmye-wife of John and Queen of Pentexore, Vyala, a lion-philosopher entrusted with the care of the deformed and prophetic royal princess, and John Mandeville,…
The folded world: a dirge for Prester John
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Type: Book
"When the mysterious daughter of Prester John appears on the doorstep of her father's palace, she brings with her news of war in the West--the Crusades have begun, and the bodies of the faithful are washing up on the shores of Pentexore. Three narratives intertwine to tell the t…
"When the mysterious daughter of Prester John appears on the doorstep of her father's palace, she brings with her news of war in the West--the Crusades have begun, and the bodies of the faithful are washing up on the shores of Pentexore. Three narratives intertwine to tell the t…
Intertwines three narratives to tell the tale of the beginning of the end of the world: a younger, angrier Hagia, the blemmye-wife of John and Queen of Pentexore, Vyala, a lion-philosopher entrusted with the care of the deformed and prophetic royal princess, and John Mandeville,…
Once a voracious adventurer, it has been many years since Hal Courtney has dared the high seas. Now he must return with three of his sons -- Tom, Dorian, and Guy -- to protect the East India Trading Company from looting pirates, in exchange for half of the fortune he recovers. I…