{"product_id":"golden-legends-9780804760980","title":"Golden Legends","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the eighteenth century onwards, travelers, explorers, journalists, imaginative writers like Samuel Johnson, and legendary reggae musician Bob Marley have shared a fascination with the Abyssinia. This book considers the allure of the exotic, as represented by Abyssinia, to the British imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I can think of no other book on Abyssinia quite like this one. . . . As usual, the scholarship is excellent--unobtrusive, thorough, wide-ranging, with often exciting juxtapositions and connections. . . . Of vitally absorbing interest.—Alexander Maitland, author of \u003ci\u003eWilfred Thesiger: The Life of the Great Explorer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrelude: Jamaica, 1981\t1  Chapter 1  The Call of Abyssinia: Father Lobo, Samuel Johnson,  and Rasselas\t3  Chapter 2  \"Going Native\": James Bruce, Mansfield Parkyns, Richard Burton\t16  Interlude: Maqdala\t53  Chapter 3  Barbaric Splendors, Golden Legends: Wilfred Thesiger, Evelyn Waugh,   Sylvia Pankhurst\t66  Chapter 4  \"I'm Going to Ethiopia\": Recent Visitors\t96  Chapter 5  Remembering Zion\t127  Postlude: Very Fast Running\t140  Notes\t143  Works Cited\t153  Index\t161","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405578740055,"sku":"9780804760980","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804760980.jpg?v=1730492898","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/golden-legends-9780804760980","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}