The riddle and the knight
Subtitle: in search of Sir John Mandeville, the world's greatest traveler
By: Giles Milton
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780374249977
Subjects: Biography; Medieval Travel; Travel; History and criticism; Reisverhalen; Knights and knighthood; Medieval Geography; Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages; Travels (Mandeville); Travelers' writings, English
Description: Reveals the life of the medieval knight whose accounts of journeys to Jerusalem, India, China, Tibet, and Sumatra inspired explorers and writers, but who was later discredited and ignored.
Notes: Originally published: [London, England] : Allison & Busby, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-226) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Inscription --; title: Constantinople --; title: The Manuscript --; title: Cyprus --; title: A Second Sir John --; title: Syria --; title: A Medieval Chronicle --; title: Jerusalem --; title: The King's Pardon --; title: The Sinai Desert --; title: Onward to China.