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The Book of Marvels and Travels
The Book of Marvels and Travels | John Mandeville, Anthony Bale
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In his Book of Marvels and Travels, Sir John Mandeville describes a journey from Europe to Jerusalem and on into Asia, and the many wonderful and monstrous peoples and practices in the East. A captivating blend of fact and fantasy, Mandeville's Book is newly translated in an edition that brings us closer to Mandeville's worldview.
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Emilymdxn
The Book of Marvels and Travels | John Mandeville, Anthony Bale
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For today‘s #scarathlondailyprompts post I‘m reading Sir John Mandeville for my masters, a medieval travel narrative full of Creatures!

#scarathlon2022 #teamslaughter @Clwojick +6

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It was so fascinating to read a book that treated bananas and elephants as as fantastical as people with their faces in their chests, and which was so popularly read across medieval and renaissance Europe. Likewise, it amazes me that some armchair adventurer in 14th century England/France could so accurately describe elephants, if not so 'long apples' (hehe). #booktober #fullofadventure @RealLifeReading

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