Leo Africanus
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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