Amin Maalouf

Leo Africanus

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An imaginary autobiography of the famous geographer, adventurer, and scholar Hasan al-Wazzan. He wrote the first trilingual dictionary and Description of Africa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Amsterdam Books
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9781561310227
• ISBN-10: 1561310220
• Artikelnr.: 22012147

Autorenporträt

Amin Maalouf, a Lebanese writer, was editor-in-chief of Jeune Afrique. He is the author of The Crusades Through Arab Eyes and several novels.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 I THE BOOK OF GRANADA Chapter 2 The Year of Salma al-Hurra 5 Chapter
3 The Year of the Amulets 23 Chapter 4 The Year of Astaghfirullah 31
Chapter 5 The Year of the Fall 41 Chapter 6 The Year of Mihrajan 63 Chapter
7 The Year of the Crossing 71 Part 8 II THE BOOK OF FEZ Chapter 9 The Year
of the Hostelries 83 Chapter 10 The Year of the Soothsayers 93 Chapter 11
The Year of the Mourners 101 Chapter 12 The Year of Harun the Ferret 107
Chapter 13 The Year of the Inquisitors 113 Chapter 14 The Year of the
Hammam 119 Chapter 15 The Year of the Raging Lions 125 Chapter 16 The Year
of the Great Recitation 131 Chapter 17 The Year of the Stratagem 137
Chapter 18 The Year of the Knotted Blade of Grass 143 Chapter 19 The Year
of the Caravan 153 Chapter 20 The Year of Timbuktu 161 Chapter 21 The Year
of the Testament 169 Chapter 22 The Year of the Maristan 177 Chapter 23 The
Year of the Bride 183 Chapter 24 The Year of Fortune 189 Chapter 25 The
Year of the Two Palaces 195 Chapter 26 The Year of the lame Sharif 201
Chapter 27 The Year of the Storm 207 Part 28 III THE BOOK OF CAIRO Chapter
29 The Year of the Noble Eye 223 Chapter 30 The Year of the Circassian 233
Chapter 31 The Year of the Rebels 245 Chapter 32 The Year of the Grand Turk
255 Chapter 33 The Year of Tumanbay 269 Chapter 34 The Year of the
Abduction 277 Part 35 IV THE BOOK OF ROME Chapter 36 The Year of San Angelo
289 Chapter 37 The Year of the Heretics 295 Chapter 38 The Year of the
Conversa 303 Chapter 39 The Year of Adrian 311 Chapter 40 The Year of
Sulaiman 317 Chapter 41 The Year of Clemency 325 Chapter 42 The Year of the
King of France 333 Chapter 43 The Year of the Black Bands 341 Chapter 44
The Year of the Lansquenets 349