IRRESISTIBLE NORTH
- 作者
- 出版社 Random House US
- 出版时间 2011年5月 第1版
- ISBN 9780307269850
- 定价 224.00
内容简介
FromtheauthorofAVenetianAffairandLuciacomesacharmingodysseyinthepathofthemysteriousZenbrothers,whoexploredpartsoftheNewWorldacenturybeforeColumbus,andbecamebothasourceofscandalandacausecélèbreamonggeographersinthefollowingcenturies.ThisdelightfuljourneybeginswithAndreadiRobilant’sserendipitousdiscoveryofatravelnarrativepublishedinVenicein1558bytheRenaissancestatesmanNicolòZen:thetextanditsfascinatingnauticalmapre-createdthetravelsoftwooftheauthor’sancestors,brotherswhoexploredtheNorthAtlanticinthe1380sand1390s.DiRobilantsetouttodiscoverwhylater,inthenineteenthcentury,theZens’accountcameunderattackasoneofthegreatestfraudsingeographicalhistory.Wastheirmap—andeventheirjourney—partiallyorperhapsentirelyfaked?InIrresistibleNorththeauthorfollowstheZens’routefromtheFaeroestoShetlandtoIcelandandGreenland,greetedbycharacterswhohelpunraveltheenigmasintheZens’account.ThemedievalworldcomestolifeasdiRobilantguidesusthroughalandscapeenlivenedbytheghostsofpower-hungryearlsandbishopsoftheoldNorwegianrealmandmagicaltalesofhotspringsandsmokingmountains.Inthisrichtelling—anoriginalworkofhistoryandatravelbookinone—themagnetismofthenorthdrawsusinaspowerfullyasitdrewtheZenbrothersmorethansixcenturiesago.
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