David Selbourne

Auteur van The City of Light

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Over de Auteur

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.

Werken van David Selbourne

Populair Recent

The City of Light (1997) — Vertaler — 172 exemplaren

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

The Making of a Midsummer Night's Dream (1982) 20 exemplaren

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

The Losing Battle with Islam (2005) 17 exemplaren

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

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

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

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

The Spirit of the Age (1993) 3 exemplaren

An eye to China (1975) 2 exemplaren

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

Dorabella (Playscripts) (1970) 1 exemplaar

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

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

Moral Evasion (1998) 1 exemplaar

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

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

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Algemene kennis

Geboortedatum: 1937-06-04
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: UK
Geboorteplaats: London, England, UK

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La ciudad de la Luz door 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.… (meer)

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The City of Light door 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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