Le Periple De Baldassare

Amin Maalouf First published 2000

About this book

In 1665, with prophecies and portents foretelling the forthcoming Apocalypse, Balthasar, an antiquarian merchant and sage, embarks on a perilous quest to find a rare book that could hold the key to the world's salvation.

Description: 391 pages : map ; 25 cm. Other Titles: Périple de Baldassare. Responsibility: Amin Maalouf ; translated from the French by Barbara Bray.

Subjects

  • end of the world
  • fiction
  • fiction, historical
  • fiction, historical, general
  • god
  • history
  • lost books
  • mediterranean region, fiction
  • merchants
  • name
  • religion
  • voyages and travels