The Riddle and the Knight: In Search of Sir John Mandeville, the World's Greatest Traveler

Milton, Giles

ISBN 10: 0374249970 / ISBN 13: 9780374249977

Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, 2001

About this Item

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2001. First American Edition. 8vo. Hardcover binding, 230 pp. The history of the great 14th-century traveler. New in new dustjacket.

Seller Inventory # 012449

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Riddle and the Knight: In Search of Sir John Mandeville, the World's Greatest Traveler
• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374249970
• ISBN 13: 9780374249977
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First American Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Medieval Studies
  • History

About this title

Synopsis

The author of Nathaniel's Nutmeg reconstructs the round-the-globe journey of Sir John Mandeville, the medieval knight who penned one of the great travelogues of all time. 15,000 first printing.

About the Author

Giles Milton is the author of the critically acclaimed Nathaniel's Nutmeg, or, The True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History (1999) and, most recently, Big Chief Elizabeth: The Adventures and Fate of the First English Colonists in America (2000). He lives in London.