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Prester Quest

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Erschienen am 30.06.2011, Auflage: 1/2011
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ISBN/EAN: 9781446464489
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 560 S., 1.52 MB
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In 1177, Pope Alexander III wrote a letter to the legendary Priest-King of the Indies, Prester John. As his emissary he chose his physician Master Philip. No one knew where the elusive monarch's kingdom lay (or whether he even existed), but Master Philip was undeterred and set out from Rome...and was never heard of again. Centuries later Nick Jubber found a copy of the Pope's letter and conceived a plan: to complete Master Philip's mission and deliver the letter, albeit eight hundred and twenty four years late. Crammed full of arcane history and learned trivia, both ancient and modern,The Prester Questis the author's colourful account of a remarkable journey that began in Italy, encompassed the Middle East and ended in Ethiopia, at the subterranean tomb of a medieval king. Combining a young man's enthusiasm with an historian's understanding of time and place and a traveller's eye for the people and places he meets on the way, it's an ebullient, extremely readable (and somewhat eccentric) account of an extraordinary adventure.

Autorenportrait

Nicholas Jubber was educated at Downside School and Oxford University. His travels have taken him through South America, Africa, the Middle East and many parts of Asia, and he has written for theTablet, Boston'sGlobe and Mailand the LebaneseDaily Star.The Prester Questis his first book.

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Hugely entertaining account of a modern journey following in the footsteps of a medieval emissary...

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