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The Other Exile
The Story of Fernão Lopes, St Helena and a Paradise Lost
Buch von Abdul Rahman Azzam
Sprache: Englisch

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The first known inhabitant of St Helena - long before Napoleon - was a 16th-century Portuguese renegade.

In 1506 Fernão Lopes, a member of his country's minor nobility, travelled to Goa in search of honour and wealth. There he converted to Islam, married a Muslim, fought his former countrymen, and was eventually captured - his nose and hands publicly cut off for treachery. Eventually sailing for home, he jumped ship at St. Helena, becoming the island's first inhabitant, with only a black cockerel for company.

News of Lopes reached the King of Portugal. Picked up by a ship sent especially for him, Lopes so impressed the King, and the Pope in Rome, that he was granted one wish. He requested his return to St Helena.

Based on brand new research by A R Azzam, author of the acclaimed Saladin (Longman, 2007), The Other Exile is at once a historical adventure story and a meditation on solitude. It is a story about redemption in one of the darkest periods in Europe and the tale of the haunting relationship between man and wild nature.

The first known inhabitant of St Helena - long before Napoleon - was a 16th-century Portuguese renegade.

In 1506 Fernão Lopes, a member of his country's minor nobility, travelled to Goa in search of honour and wealth. There he converted to Islam, married a Muslim, fought his former countrymen, and was eventually captured - his nose and hands publicly cut off for treachery. Eventually sailing for home, he jumped ship at St. Helena, becoming the island's first inhabitant, with only a black cockerel for company.

News of Lopes reached the King of Portugal. Picked up by a ship sent especially for him, Lopes so impressed the King, and the Pope in Rome, that he was granted one wish. He requested his return to St Helena.

Based on brand new research by A R Azzam, author of the acclaimed Saladin (Longman, 2007), The Other Exile is at once a historical adventure story and a meditation on solitude. It is a story about redemption in one of the darkest periods in Europe and the tale of the haunting relationship between man and wild nature.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Biographien
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781785781834
ISBN-10: 1785781839
Sprache: Englisch
Autor: Azzam, Abdul Rahman
Hersteller: Icon Books
Maße: 225 x 142 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Abdul Rahman Azzam
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.04.2017
Gewicht: 0,498 kg
Artikel-ID: 108357846
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Biographien
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781785781834
ISBN-10: 1785781839
Sprache: Englisch
Autor: Azzam, Abdul Rahman
Hersteller: Icon Books
Maße: 225 x 142 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Abdul Rahman Azzam
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.04.2017
Gewicht: 0,498 kg
Artikel-ID: 108357846
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