by Amin Maalouf · Alianza Editorial · tapa dura · ISBN 9788420609775
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«León el Africano» is the historical novel by Amin Maalouf, published by Alianza Editorial in hardcover (496 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Hassan al-Wazzan, born in Granada shortly before 1492 and known as Leo Africanus, on a journey through Timbuktu, the kingdoms of the Niger, Cairo and Constantinople; his experiences, between the Christian and Islamic worlds, extend to serving Pope Leo X and Giulio de' Medici, with identity and exile as a backdrop.
The work is part of the 13/20 series from Alianza Editorial. Translated by María Teresa Gallego Urrutia and María Isabel Reverte Cejudo.
For readers of historical and travel fiction, interested in the sixteenth-century Mediterranean and in the dialogue between the Christian and Islamic worlds.
Amin Maalouf is a Lebanese French author who has lived in France since 1976. His native language is Arabic, and he writes in French. His works have been translated into over 40 languages.
