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The Book of John Mandeville: With Related Texts

Macleod Higgins, Iain

9780872209350 - The Book of John Mandeville: With Related Texts
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A fictive travelers guide to the East, both Near and Far, The Book of John Mandeville was a late--medieval best seller, more popular in its day than Marco Polos Travels. In addition to a fresh, vibrant translation--the first from the Middle French original since the fifteenth century--this edition of The Book of John Mandeville offers a succinct, broad-ranging Introduction to the work that touches on the question of authorship, the sources on which the text drew, and the transformation and reception of the work down to the present day.

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Author Macleod Higgins, Iain
ISBN/EAN 9780872209350
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Article description

A fictive travelers guide to the East, both Near and Far, The Book of John Mandeville was a late--medieval best seller, more popular in its day than Marco Polos Travels. In addition to a fresh, vibrant translation--the first from the Middle French original since the fifteenth century--this edition of The Book of John Mandeville offers a succinct, broad-ranging Introduction to the work that touches on the question of authorship, the sources on which the text drew, and the transformation and reception of the work down to the present day.

Specifications

Author Macleod Higgins, Iain
ISBN/EAN 9780872209350