The Riddle and the Knight: In Search of Sir John Mandeville, the World's Greatest Traveller: In Search of Sir John Mandeville, the World's Greatest Traveler - Softcover

"Count on author Giles Milton to be witty, entertaining and intellectually stimulating....Brilliant." --The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

"[Milton] demonstrate[s] his sharp eye for the significant detail or event....Engaging." --The New York Times Book Review

"A rare and excellent work that combines scholarship with intrigue, Milton's book may induce that wonderful swoon usually contracted after long hours researching libraries and labyrinths of history." --Publishers Weekly

"Pioneer traveller or shameless charlatan, Sir John Mandeville had a huge influence both on the history of exploration and on all subsequent English literature. Here at last is a book which, while always readable and amusing, takes Sir John Mandeville as seriously as he deserves." --John Julius Norwich