Sinbad the Sailor

Sinbad the Sailor

Sinbad the Sailor

Sinbad the Sailor

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Overview

This book retells the story of Sinbad the Sailor and recounts tales of the voyages on which he acquired his wealth, of the strange peoples and monsters he encountered along the way and of lands beyond the horizon. It places the fiction of Sinbad, popularised in the collection of stories known as the Arabian Nights, into the context of medieval Cairo where these tales were originally told. By retracing the history of these stories and the Arabian voyages of exploration and trade which inspired them, and by examining modern incarnations of Sinbad that have appeared since his stories reached the West, this book breathes new life into these ancient tales of adventure, magic and mystery.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781472806154
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 09/20/2014
Series: Myths and Legends , #11
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 80
File size: 21 MB
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Age Range: 12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Phil Masters has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University and spent a few years as a computer programmer before somehow becoming a full-time author and occasional editor, specialising in roleplaying games material. This means that he has worked in genres ranging from historical fantasy through superheroes to science fiction, and been allowed to play in a lot of other writers' worlds.

Born in Tarragona, Spain, Ru-mor studied Fine Arts at the University of Seville, specializing and working on artwork restoration. She began her professional career in 2000, sculpting historical, fantasy and science-fiction miniatures.
ªRU-MOR was born in Tarragona, Spain, and studied Fine Arts at the University of Seville, specialising in artwork restoration, before moving onto a professional career in sculpting miniatures. As a freelancer illustrator, her artwork has appeared in French museum exhibitions, Spanish RPGs and card games (such as Adventures in the East Mark, Walküre, and Epica: Dark Ages), and historical magazines, including Medieval Warfare and Desperta Ferro's Archaeology and History series, for which she also provides cover art. She has also worked with Osprey Games on a range of titles, including the Dracula's America and Frostgrave series.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The 1,001 Nights
Arrivals in Europe

The Seven Voyages of Sinbad
Sinbad the Porter and Sinbad the Sailor
The First Voyage: Living Islands and Sea Horses
The Second Voyage: The Flight of the Roc
The Third Voyage: Evil Apes and Man-Eating Giants
The Fourth Voyage: Cannibals and Caves of Terror
The Fifth Voyage: Rocs, Again, and the Old Man of the Sea 
The Sixth Voyage: The River of Gems
The Seventh Voyage: The Land of Winged Men

The Arabian Nights World
Haroun al-Rashid and the Abbasid Period
Medieval Baghdad
Seafarers on the Indian Ocean
Ships and Sailors
Trade-Goods

Sinbad in Later Times
Sinbad the Legend
Sinbad Movies

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