The Mountains Of Rasselas

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Publisher: Weidenfeld And Nicolson
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 1998
Edition: Reprint

Description: 175 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: A romantic book of history and travel, by a master storyteller who retraces his 1953 journey to discover the truth abour the strange fate of the Royal Princes of Abysinia. Spurred on by reading Dr Johnson's 18th century bestseller Rasselas which describes the strange fate of the Royal Princes of Abyssinia, who were condemned to be imprisoned in a mountain fortress until they died or the order of succession called them to the throne, Thomas Pakenham decided in 1953 to discover the truth of Johnson's tale. The book of his extroadinary journeys was published in 1959. Nearly 40 years later, the author, now an accomplished photographer, retraces his footsteps adding historical insight and new colour photography to his original story. The result is a magical book.

ISBN: 9780297823698