Leo Africanus

Amin Maalouf

Original title: Léon l'Africain

Also published as: Leo the African

Translated by María Teresa Gallego Urrutia earliest edition we have, 1986 Alianza Editorial, 2016 paperback 512 pages

El Libro de bolsillo -- L 5579. -- Literatura -- Contemporáneos

Cette autobiographie imaginaire part d'une histoire vraie. En 1518, un ambassadeur maghrébin, recevant d'un pèlerinage à la Mecque, est capturé par des pirates siciliens, qui l'offrent en cadeau à Léon X, le grand pape de la Renaissance. Ce voyageur s'appelait Hassan al-Wazzan. Il devient le géographe Jean-Léon de Médicis, dit Léon l'Africain. Sa vie, faite de passions, de dangers et d'honneurs, et que ponctuent les...

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This book in English

Peter Sluglett 2 printings we hold · 1998–2003 · New Amsterdam Books

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Editions we hold

León el Africano hardcover · 2022 · Alianza Editorial · 496 pages · 9788411480338
León el Africano hardcover · 2018 · Alianza Editorial · 472 pages · 9788491813408
León el Africano paperback · 2016 · Alianza Editorial · 512 pages · 9788491042563
Leo the African ebook · 2012 · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 368 pages · 9780748131235
Der Geograph des Papstes paperback · 2012 · Insel Verl · 471 pages · 9783458358299
León el Africano paperback · 2011 · Alianza Editorial · 512 pages · 9788420664095
León el Africano paperback · 2010 · Alianza Editorial · 494 pages · 9788420675015
León el Africano paperback · 2006 · Alianza Editorial · 494 pages · 9788420676364
León el Africano paperback · 2006 · Alianza Editorial Sa · 429 pages
León el Africano paperback · 2005 · Alianza · 476 pages · 9788420634777
Leon El Africano paperback · 2005 · Alianza · 480 pages · 9788420656762
Leo the African paperback · 2003 · Abacus · 360 pages

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