1572 kommt ein europäischer Reisender an den Hof des Moguln-Kaisers Akbar in Indien und behauptet, dessen Onkel zu sein. Tatsächlich scheinen sie verbunden durch eine geheimnisvolle Florentinerin, die schönste Frau der damals bekannten Welt.
1572 kommt ein europäischer Reisender an den Hof des Moguln-Kaisers Akbar in Indien und behauptet, dessen Onkel zu sein. Tatsächlich scheinen sie verbunden durch eine geheimnisvolle Florentinerin, die schönste Frau der damals bekannten Welt.
Anyone interested in or concerned about the impact of tourism on society, particularly in the developing world, should read this book. It explores a subject that, of interest to academics over the last decade, has long remained ignored, almost a taboo area for many governments, …
"Based on travel writings, religious history and popular literature, Jews in the Early Modern English Imagination explores the encounter between English travellers and the Jews. While literary and religious traditions created an image of Jews as untrustworthy, even sinister, tra…
Jews in the Early Modern English Imagination explores how for English travelers, the Jew of the imagination contrasted with the Jew they actually encountered in southern Europe, North Africa and the Levant. Based on travel writings, religious history and popular literature, this…
'Showcasing the Great Experiment' provides the most far-reaching account of Soviet methods of cultural diplomacy innovated to influence Western intellectuals and foreign visitors.
During the 1920s and 1930s thousands of European and American writers, professionals, scientists, artists, and intellectuals made a pilgrimage to experience the "Soviet experiment" for themselves. Showcasing the Great Experiment explores the reception of these intellectuals and …
