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Leo The African
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Leo The African

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Format Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10 0349106002
ISBN-13 9780349106007
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint Abacus
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Sep 22nd, 1994
Print length 368 Pages
Weight 292 grams
Dimensions 19.70 x 12.80 x 2.30 cms
Ksh 1,800.00
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'Leo the African' is based on the true life-story of Hasan al-Wazzan, the 16th-century traveller and writer who came to be known as Leo Africanus, or Leo the African. This is a story of pirates, slave-girls and princesses, in a world in a state of religious flux.

From his chlidhood in Fez, having fled the Christian Inquisition, through his many journeys to the East as an itinerant merhcant, Hasans story is a quixotic catalogue of pirates, slave girls and princesses, encompassing the complexities of a world in a state of religious flux. Hasan too is touched by the instability of the era, performing his hadj to Mecca, then converting to Christianity, only to relapse back to the Muslim faith later in life.

In re-creating his extraordinary experiences, Amin Maalouf sketches an irrisistible portrait of the Mediterranea world as it was nearly five centuries ago - the fall of Granada, the Ottoman conquest of Egypt, Renaissance Rome under the Medicis: all contribute to a background of spectacular colour, matched only by the picaresque adventures of Hasan''s life.


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