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Mappamundi Paperback – 16 Mar. 2009

by Christopher Harris (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
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Where is Paradise? How can a man get there? A life of virtue might suffice, but who wants to wait for death to claim life's rewards? Thomas Deerham, wandering war-torn Europe, has no thought of going anywhere but home. But when he falls in with a friar and a pilgrim, his plans change. The three men, none of them quite what they seem, set off on a quest that takes them beyond the known world to places only dreamt of by ancient cosmographers. In this sequel to False Ambassador, Thomas Deerham seizes his chance to escape papal service when Pius II dies at Ancona. Stealing a copy of Plato's Timaeus, and a beautiful mappamundi drawn up by the great scholar Toscanelli, he heads for England and home. Robbed in Paris, he is helped by vagabond-poet François Villon. Bitter after his exile and disgrace, François follows Thomas to England. But the Hundred Years' War is giving way the Wars of the Roses, and England is no place for friendless wanderers. By the middle of a bitter winter, after a series if failed scams, the pair face starvation. They are rescued by Christian Rosenkreutz, who has followed Thomas to get the mappamundi, which he thinks will guide him to Paradise. When François steals a bizarrely illustrated book, (now known as the Voynich Manuscript) written in a language no one can understand, new possibilities are suggested. Rosenkreutz proposes a voyage to search for the lost wisdom of Atlantis, and the three set off on travels that rival those of Mandeville and Marco Polo.
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  1. Print length
    296 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Dedalus Ltd
  4. Publication date
    16 Mar. 2009
  5. Dimensions
    13.34 x 2.54 x 19.69 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    9781903517772
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1903517772
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 190351777X
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dedalus Ltd
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 16 Mar. 2009
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Ist
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 296 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781903517772
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1903517772
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 318 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.34 x 2.54 x 19.69 cm
  • Best Sellers Rank: 4,323,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer reviews:
    4.1 out of 5 stars 5 ratings

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  • P. Wiltshire
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 February 2017
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    Lovable and some not so lovable rogues lost on a philosophical sea
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  • Dr F
    5.0 out of 5 stars Review of Mappamundi
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 April 2009
    Format: Paperback
    A rattling good read, as the story takes in the broad swathes of Fifteenth century life, and, more importantly, thought. It is in thought, and words, that the narrative propels itself, from the gutters of Paris, to the fall of Constantinople, through to the dankness of England, and thence to (possibly) the new world. Period detail abounds, and real historical characters mingle with the fictional, but in a way that doesn't jar, or seem inappropriate. Indeed, the scholarship is effortlessly hidden behind a mask of fable, but such that a multi-layered novel emerges, with many aspects hidden in plain sight! For the lover of the esoteric, there are plenty of moments to relish, from Christian Rosenkreutz telling the story of a wedding (but with no chemicals!), to the notion of an order of the Golden Dawn. But the real hero of the work is the mappamundi itself, which not only is a cartographer to the narrative, but has a life beyond too. Very difficult to write a review without giving too much of the story away, but this will appeal equally to esotericists and lovers of historical fiction too.
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