The Prester Quest - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Prester Quest write by Nicholas Jubber. This book was released on 2005. The Prester Quest available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1177, Pope Alexander III - keen to secure a Christian ally from the other side of the Dar al-Islam whose reputed wealth would prove invaluable to the Crusades - wrote a letter to the elusive King of the Indies, otherwise known as Prester John. The person the Pope personally selected to deliver this letter into the hand of Prester John was a physician called Master Philip. He was never heard of again... Eight hundred and twenty-four years later, armed with a copy of Pope Alexander's letter and with a redoubtable travelling companion from his university days, Nick Jubber set out from Venice with the express 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. From insights into medieval history and mysticism, through observations on politics and religious tensions, to accounts of eccentric customs (ranging from the different names for the Middle Eastern water pipe to the unusual nature of Ethiopian time-keeping) and the day-to-day hurdles encountered while travelling through strange, sometimes, alien lands, THE PRESTER QUEST is an ebullient, eccentric, erudite, enlightening and extremely readable account of an extraordinary journey.
Prisoners of Prester John
Prisoners of Prester John - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Prisoners of Prester John write by Cates Baldridge. This book was released on 2014-01-10. Prisoners of Prester John available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. During the 16th century, Portugal endeavored to locate the mythical kingdom of Prester John--a Christian nation rumored to be somewhere in the Orient, amidst the pagans and Muslims. This study chronicles Portugal's final attempt, a six-year odyssey in Ethiopia that resulted in a tragicomic collision with a proud but isolated Christian kingdom. After summarizing the Prester John myth and the many efforts it spawned, the work focuses on the Ethiopian mission's chronicler, Father Francisco Alvares, who fell in love with the country and its people, became a friend of its king, hid the Abyssinians' heresies from his superiors, and set in motion events that saved Ethiopia from imminent destruction. Unique in the annals of Europeans' initial contacts with African peoples, the Portuguese mission is a portrait of hopeful preconceptions buffeted and eventually transformed by encounters with a fascinating, utterly unexpected reality.
Prester John
Prester John - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Prester John write by John Buchan. This book was released on 2011-12-11. Prester John available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. After his father's death, our young hero sets off to make his fortune in South Africa. He gets tangled up in an African tribal uprising and a strange encounter and rumours he hears make him suspect that his destination may not be as predictable as he has supposed. Set at the turn of the last century, this is a riveting adventure story.
Sign and the Seal
Sign and the Seal - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sign and the Seal write by Graham Hancock. This book was released on 1993-07-02. Sign and the Seal available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The quest for the lost Ark of the Covenent.
Habitation of the Blessed
Habitation of the Blessed - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Habitation of the Blessed write by Catherynne M. Valente. This book was released on 2010-10-26. Habitation of the Blessed available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Brother Hiob, on missionary work in the Himalayan wilderness, discovers a village guarding a miraculous tree whose branches sprout books instead of fruit. These books chronicle the history of the kingdom of Prestor John, and Hiob becomes obsessed with the tales they tell.
