Timbuctoo - Softcover

Shah, Tahir

Softcover

ISBN 10: 095724293X ISBN 13: 9780957242937

Verlag: Secretum Mundi, 2019

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Páginas:676Géneros:12:FV:HistoricalfictionSinopsis:InOctober1815,anilliterateAmericansailornamedRobertAdamswasdiscoveredhalf-nakedandstarvingonthestreetsofLondon.Inthemonthsthatfollowed,highsocietywasrockedbyhistale.AtatimewhentheEuropeanpowerswereposturingforempireandconquest,onedestinationaboveallelsestoodastheHolyGrailofexploration&ndash,themysteriouscityofTimbuctoo.ShipwreckedontheAfricancoast,AdamshadbeentakenintotheAfricanhinterlandasawhiteChristianslave,andwaspresentedasagifttothedespoticKingofTimbuctoo.Eventuallygaininghisfreedom,hereachedLondon,wherehetoldhisstory.Inspiredbytruelifeevents,TahirShah,sepicnovelissetagainstabackdropoftheBritishRegency&ndash,anageofultimatedecadenceandavarice.Afast-pacedandcompellingread,Timbuctooisataleoftreachery,greed,loveand,aboveallelse,ofsurvivalinthefaceofimpossibleodds. ,_,

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In October 1815, an illiterate American sailor named Robert Adams was discovered half-naked and starving on the streets of London. In the months that followed, high society was rocked by his tale. At a time when the European powers were posturing for empire and conquest, one destination above all else stood as the Holy Grail of exploration – the mysterious city of Timbuctoo. Shipwrecked on the African coast, Adams had been taken into the African hinterland as a white Christian slave, and was presented as a gift to the despotic King of Timbuctoo. Eventually gaining his freedom, he reached London, where he told his story. Inspired by true life events, Tahir Shah’s epic novel is set against a backdrop of the British Regency – an age of ultimate decadence and avarice. A fast-paced and compelling read, Timbuctoo is a tale of treachery, greed, love and, above all else, of survival in the face of impossible odds.  

Biografía del autor:

Tahir Shah is the author of twenty books, published in more than two-dozen languages world-wide. His work spans the realms of travel, fiction, and fantasy, and is regarded as especially original by the legions of readers who follow him. Nothing is so important to Tahir as illuminating the hidden underbelly of places — whether they be lands through which he himself is travelling, or enchanted kingdoms conjured from his rare imagination. The son of thinker and author Idries Shah, Tahir was encouraged to embark on adventure from an early age. The journeys formed the basis for a series of astonishing travel books — detailing a fabulous range of quests. Tahir studied magic with India’s god-men, roamed war-torn Afghanistan for the lost treasure of Ahmed Shah (valued today at $520 billion), scoured the Peruvian cloud-forest for the lost city of the Incas, and mounted a bizarre expedition through the Upper Amazon on the trail of a former head-shrinking tribe. Taking a break from what others might regard as endurance travel, Tahir bought a ramshackle palace located squarely in the middle of a Casablanca shantytown, and set about exorcising its resident Jinn. The years spent exploring Morocco through its tradition of stories, and learning of the kingdom from the inside out, formed the basis for a pair of acclaimed books, In Arabian Nights, and The Caliph’s House — the latter being nominated as a TIME Top Ten Book of the Year. In addition to publishing, Tahir has presented a number of travel documentaries detailing his quests — most notably concerning Afghanistan, Peru, and Ethiopia. These extraordinary films have aired on National Geographic TV, The History Channel, and the UK’s Channel 4. Outspoken about the hold mainstream publishers have on authors, Tahir established Secretum Mundi Publishing, to show writers how to free themselves from what he regards are the bonds of outside control. Handling both Tahir’s backlist and forthcoming publications, Secretum Mundi will release the full corpus as a way of showing — in a kind of blueprint form — the possibilities of keeping control. In the months and years that follow, Tahir Shah plans to continue launching a range of work — fiction and non-fiction. As with his existing catalogue of publications, it’s sure to challenge its readers, by revealing hidden marvels in a world observed inside out, and upside down.

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• Verlag: Secretum Mundi
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• ISBN 10: 095724293X
• ISBN 13: 9780957242937
• Einband: Paperback
• Anzahl der Seiten: 674