An enchanting clothbound edition of the essential tales drawn from the acclaimed translation of The Arabian Nights.
Malcolm Lyons is a Life Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. His
published works include the biography Saladin, The Politics of the
Holy War, The Arabian Epic and Identification and Identity in
Classical Arabic Poetry.
Ursula Lyons is Emeritus Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College,
Cambridge and specializes in modern Arabic literature.
Robert Irwin is the author of For Lust of Knowing- The Orientalists
and Their Enemies, The Middle East in the Middle Ages and The
Arabian Nights- A Companion. His novels include The Limits of
Vision, The Arabian Nightmare, The Mysteries of Algiers and Satan
Wants Me.
A magnificent edition of the greatest collection of folk tales in
the world ... an ocean of stories to be dipped into over a
lifetime. And this new Penguin edition is the one to have. Settle
back, pour a glass of wine and sail away with Sinbad to the Island
of Serendib
*The Sunday Times*
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