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A fictive traveler's 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 Polo's 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.

The Book of John Mandeville: with Related Texts

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A fictive traveler's guide to the East, both Near and Far, The Book of John Mandeville was a late--medieval best... Read more

    Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
    Publication Date: 15/03/2011
    ISBN13: 9780872209367, 978-0872209367
    ISBN10: 872209369

    Number of Pages: 320

    Non Fiction , History

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    A fictive traveler's 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 Polo's 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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