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The Emperor's Elephant: Volume 2 (Saxon, 2) - Softcover

Buch 2 von 3: Saxon Series

Severin, Tim

 
9781447212157: The Emperor's Elephant: Volume 2 (Saxon, 2)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1447212150 ISBN 13: 9781447212157
Verlag: Pan, 2014

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The Emperor's Elephant by Tim Severin is the exciting second book in Saxon, the historical adventure series full of exploration and captivating characters.

Sigwulf, a Saxon prince exiled to the court of Carolus, King of the Franks, is summoned by the royal advisor Alcuin of York. Carolus has received magnificent gifts from the Caliph of Baghdad and is determined to send back presents that will be equally sensational. White is the royal colour of Baghdad so the most important gifts will be rare white animals from the Northlands.

Sigwulf, having proved himself as a royal agent to Moorish Spain, has been selected to obtain the creatures, then take them to Baghdad. He must find white gyrfalcons and two white polar bears and – as Carolus has seen its picture in a book of beasts – a unicorn.

He and his companions travel far into the north. Though they obtain some of the animals, they quickly realize that not all are even real. Setting out for Baghdad with their menagerie, they encounter danger after danger and it seems that someone is trying to wreck their mission, with each stage of the long journey bringing a new and unexpected peril . . .

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Tim Severin, explorer, filmmaker, and lecturer has retraced the storied journeys of Saint Brendan the Navigator, Sindbad the Sailor, Jason and the Argonauts, Ulysses, Genghis Khan and Robinson Crusoe. His books about these expeditions are classics of exploration and travel.

He made his historical fiction debut with the hugely successful Viking series, followed by the Pirate and Saxon series.

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Verlag
Pan
Erscheinungsdatum
2014
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1447212150
ISBN 13 
9781447212157
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
385
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