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Baudolino
It is April 1204, and Constantinople, the splendid capital of the Byzantine Empire, is being sacked and burned by the knights of the Fourth Crusade Amid the carnage and confusion, one Baudolino saves a historian and high court official from certain death at the hands of the crusading warriors and proceeds to tell his own fantastical story. Born a simple peasant in northern Italy, Baudolino has two major gifts-a talent for learning languages and a skill in telling lies. When still a boy he meets a foreign commander in the woods, charming him with his quick wit and lively mind. The commander-who proves to be Emperor Frederick Barbarossa-adopts Baudolino and sends him to the university in Paris, where he makes a number of fearless, adventurous friends. Spurred on by myths and their own reveries, this merry band sets out in search of Prester John, a legendary priest-king said to rule over a vast kingdom in the East-a phantasmagorical land of strange creatures with eyes on their shoulders and mouths on their stomachs, of eunuchs, unicorns, and lovely maidens. With dazzling digressions, outrageous tricks, extraordinary feeling, and vicarious reflections on our postmodern age, this is Eco the storyteller at his brilliant best. .
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Prester John
As Director of Intelligence in the Ministry of Information John Buchan was in the position to gain knowledge about the 1st World War and the investigations that took place. In Prester John David Craeford travels from Scotland to South Africa to seek his fortune. On his sea voyage he meets John Laputa a famous Zulu minister. David finds himself with the key to an uprising led by the minister who has taken the name Prester John. David finds lost treasure, lost civilizations, lions, tigers, friendships and betrayal. Here is a wonderful book for someone who loves a classic adventure set in exotic lands..
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Realm Of Prester John
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John Buchan - The Half-hearted, Prester John, & The Moon Endureth
Three fuul works collected in one edition formatted for the Kindle. JOHN BUCHAN [1875-1940] was born in Scotland In 1901, Buchan began a career in law. Soon afterward, he beacame secretary to Alfred Milner, High Commissioner for South Africa. Upon return to England, he was a partner at a publishing house. In 1910, he wrote Prester John, an adventure set in South Africa. In 1913 he wrote the biography The Marquis of Montrose of James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose. For that book, he received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. In 1915, he published the spy thriller The Thirty-nine Steps. In 1935, it was filmed by Alfred Hitchcock, and later by others in 1959 and 1978. In 1916, he published the sequel Greenmantle. During World War I, he reported in France for The Times and was a 2nd Lieutenant serving Sir Douglas Haig. In 1917, he was Director of Information under Lord Beaverbrook. After the war, he continued to write thrillers, historical novels and biographies. In 1935, he became Governor General of Canada and King George V dubbed him Baron Tweedsmuir. In Canada, he wrote novels, histories, observations of Canada, and an autobiography. In 1936, he founded the Governor General's Awards, a Canadian award for literary achievements..
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The Prester Quest
In 1177, Pope Alexander III wrote a letter to the elusive King of the Indies, otherwise known as Prester John. The person who was selected and set out to deliver this letter into the hand of Prester John was never heard of again. 824 years later, armed with a copy of Pope Alexander's letter, Nick Jubber set out from Venice with the intention of somewhat belatedly completing Master Philip's mission. Over the next four months he would travel by bus, train, tractor, and horse-drawn cart around the Eastern Mediterranean, through the Middle East and North Africa before homing in on Ethiopia and the closely-guarded tomb of a medieval king who legend links with the mythical, mystical figure of Prester John. .
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The Quick and the Dead: A Jack Prester Mystery (Five Star Standard Print Christian Fiction Series)
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