David Selbourne

Autor von Stadt des Lichts

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Über den Autor

David Selbourne has been a British Commonwealth Fellow at the University of Chicago, Aneurin Bevan Memorial Fellow, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in New Delhi, and has taught the history of ideas at Ruskin College, Oxford.

Werke von David Selbourne

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Stadt des Lichts (1997) — Übersetzer — 169 Exemplare

The Principle of Duty: An Essay on the Foundations of the Civic Order (1994) 38 Exemplare

The Making of a Midsummer Night's Dream (1982) 19 Exemplare

An Eye to India (Pelican) (1977) 18 Exemplare

The Losing Battle with Islam (2005) 17 Exemplare

Death of the dark hero : Eastern Europe, 1987-1990 (1990) 7 Exemplare

The Free Society in Crisis: A History of Our Times (2019) 5 Exemplare

Against Socialist Illusion - A Radical Argument (1984) 4 Exemplare

Through the Indian looking-glass: Selected articles on India, 1976-1980 (1982) 4 Exemplare

The Spirit of the Age (1993) 3 Exemplare

An eye to China (1975) 2 Exemplare

The making of A midsummer night's dream : an eye-witness account of Peter Brook's production from first… 1 Exemplar

Dorabella (Playscripts) (1970) 1 Exemplar

Not an Englishman: Conversations With Lord Goodman (1993) 1 Exemplar

A Doctor's Life: Diaries of Hugh Selbourne M.D. (1989) 1 Exemplar

Moral Evasion (1998) 1 Exemplar

Left Behind: Journeys into British Politics (1987) 1 Exemplar

In theory and in practice : essays on the politics of Jayaprakash Narayan (1986) 1 Exemplar

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13. Jahrhundert (5) Asien (8) bookbag (2) China (37) chinesische Geschichte (5) Entdecker (2) Erkundung/Erforschung (9) Europa (2) Fremdsprachige Literatur (2) Geschichte (32) Geschichte Asiens (2) Geschichte Chinas (5) historischer Roman (5) Indien (3) Indira Gandhi (2) Italien (3) Journalismus (2) jüdisch (2) Literatur (3) Marco Polo (2) Memoiren (3) Mittelalter (5) mittelalterlich (6) mittelalterliche Geschichte (4) noch zu lesen (7) Osteuropa (3) Peter's Office 5A (2) Philosophie (5) Politik (6) PRC (2) Reise und Erkundung (3) Reisebericht (3) Reiseliteratur (10) Reisen (2) Sachbuch (7) Shakespeare (3) Shelf X2 (back row) (2) Song-Dynastie (3) Sozialismus (4) ungelesen (3)

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Wissenswertes

Geburtstag: 1937-06-04
Geschlecht: male
Nationalität: UK
Geburtsort: London, England, UK

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La ciudad de la Luz von Jacobo de Ancona

LA CIUDAD DE LA LUZ

La publicación de esta apasionante obra en Inglaterra ha levantado una de las tempestades intelectuales más virulentas que se recuerdan.
Su editor, David Selbonsne, ha querido demostrar que el mercader Jacobo de Azcona, na llegó a China antes que Maro Polo y como fruto de sus singulares experiencias
en ese excepcional viaje escribiría La Ciudad de la luz, merecedora de los elogiosos comentarios por parte de los medios más prestigiosos, Y aunque no han sido pocos
los que han dudado de la autenticidad del manuscrito, alimentando la polémica durante largo tiempo, lo cierto es que, independientemente de esta controversia,
La ciudad de la luz sigue siendo el relato, escrito con un sorprendente realismo y una sensibilidad excepcional, del maravilloso viaje de Jacobo de Ancona hasta Zaitun, China.… (mehr)

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URBEZCALVO | 4 weitere Rezensionen | Feb 6, 2018 |

The City of Light von Jacob D'Ancona

In 1990, renowned Jewish scholar David Selbourne is shown a manuscript that has lain hidden for seven centuries in a private collection. The manuscript is in medieval Italian and purports to be the first-hand account of a journey made by a Jewish merchant from the town of Ancona in Northern Italy to the city of Zaitun in China in the years 1270 to 1273.

The manuscript details….

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