230 pages
English language
Published Nov. 9, 2001 by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
The riddle and the knight
in search of Sir John Mandeville, the world's greatest traveler
by Giles Milton
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Reveals the life of the medieval knight whose accounts of journeys to Jerusalem, India, China, Tibet, and Sumatra inspired explorers and writers, but who was later discredited and ignored.
Subjects
- Biography
- Medieval Travel
- Travel
- History and criticism
- Reisverhalen
- Knights and knighthood
- Medieval Geography
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
- Travels (Mandeville)
- Travelers' writings, English
Places
- England