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145 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780571309696
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Faber Faber
Publication date: 16 April 2015
Description
A young Italian scholar is captured by pirates between Venice and Naples. After being put up for auction at the Istanbul slave market, he is bought by a Turkish savant eager to learn about scientific and intellectual advances in the West.But as ma...
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145 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780571309696
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Faber Faber
Publication date: 16 April 2015
Description
A young Italian scholar is captured by pirates between Venice and Naples. After being put up for auction at the Istanbul slave market, he is bought by a Turkish savant eager to learn about scientific and intellectual advances in the West.But as ma...