The Riddle and the Knight
Giles Milton
240 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0749003952
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 1998
AdventureAsiaBiographyEuropean HistoryHistoryMedievalMedieval HistoryMemoirNonfictionTravel
In 1322 Mandeville left England on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, returning 34 years later claiming to have travelled half-way round the world. His account of this – “The Travels”- was a popular and influential book. Yet in the 19th century scholars discredited it, claiming it was an elaborate fabrication. Milton sifts the facts from the fantasy.