Giles Milton The Riddle and the Knight (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Riddle and the KnightCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackSubtitle: In Search of Sir John MandevilleISBN-10: 0340819456EAN: 9780340819456ISBN: 9780340819456Publisher: John Murray Publishers LtdRelease Date: 10/04/2001Description: 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 197mmItem Length: 128mmItem Width: 20mmItem Weight: 217gAuthor: Giles MiltonGenre: Science Nature & MathTopic: History, Travel & TransportRelease Year: 2001 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

Price: 14.61 USD

Location: GU14 0GT

End Time: 2025-01-24T23:10:30.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0 USD