MARC details
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01972cam a2200313 a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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ocm31291645 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20170705135452.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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940919r19941988enk 000 1 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0349106002 (pbk) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780349106007 (pbk) |
| 041 1# - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
| Language code of original and/or intermediate translations of text |
fre |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
FIC MAA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Maalouf, Amin. |
| 240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
<a href="Léon, l'Africain.">Léon, l'Africain.</a> |
| Language of a work |
English. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Leo the African / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Amin Maalouf ; translated by Peter Sluglett. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Abacus, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
1986 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
360 p. ; |
| Dimensions |
20 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Originally published: London: Quartet, 1988. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Translation of: Leon l'Africain. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Based on the life of Hasan al-Wazzan. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"[This novel] is basd on the true life story of Hason al-Wazzan, the sixteenth-century traveller and writer who came to be known as Leo the Africanus, or Leo the African. From his childhood in Fez, having fled the Christian inquisition, through his many journeys to the East as an intinerant merchant, Hasan's story is a quixotic catalogue of pirates, slave-girls and princesses, encompassing the complexities of a world in a state of religious flux. Hasan too is touched by the instability of the era, performing his hadj to Mecca, then converting to Christianity, only to revert to the Musslim faith later in life. In re-creating his extraordinary experiences, Amin Maalouf sketches an irresistible portrait of the Mediterranean world as it was nearly five centuries ago - the fall of Granada, the Ottoman conquest of Egypt, Renaissance Rome under the Medicis: all contribute to a background of spectacular colour, matched only by the picaresque adventures of Hasan's life." |
| 600 00 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Leo, |
| Titles and other words associated with a name |
Africanus, |
| Dates associated with a name |
approximately 1492-approximately 1550 |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Discoveries in geography |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Explorers |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Biographical fiction. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Africa |
| General subdivision |
Discovery and exploration |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |
| Item type |
Books |