Leo Africanus
By: Amin Maalouf ; translated by Peter Sluglett.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 360
Subjects: Leo, Africanus, ca. 1492-ca. 1550 -- Fiction.; Discoveries in geography -- Fiction.; Explorers -- Fiction.; Africa -- Discovery and exploration -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Written in the form of a memoir, this historical novel explores the meeting of two worlds, Islam and Christendom, through the adventures of real-life Arab traveler and geographer Hassan al-Wazzan.
Notes: Translation of: Léon, l'Africain.