The Book of Eden
The Book of Eden is a novel by the German writer Kai Meyer . It was published in 2004 as a mixture of a historical and a fantasy novel and has 823 pages.
Contents overview
In the winter of 1257, different people came together in the Eifel and began a journey to the southeast to find the Garden of Eden . There is the novice Aelvin, the scholar Albertus Magnus , the sick novice Favola and the fighter Corax with his daughter Libuse. They are fleeing from their persecutors whom the Archbishop of Cologne had set on them. You follow the course of the Rhine , cross the Swabian Alb, reach Regensburg , drive down the Danube , then follow the course of the Morava to Serbia on foot .
In addition, the story of Sinaida is told, who as a Keraitic princess is married to Khur Shah, the head of the Nizarites , at Alamut Castle and visits the mythical “Garden of Allah” with him. The Nizaris are subjugated by an army of the Mongol Khan Hülegü and Khur Shah is executed. The Mongols are helped by Khur Shah's confidante, Shadhan. The Mongolian army, instigated by Shadhan, moves on to Baghdad. Sinaida, who wants to take revenge on Shadhan, also goes there.
In the meantime, Albertus' group has also arrived in Baghdad . After a short siege, the city is conquered and devastated by the Mongols. Albertus' group managed to escape and sailed with Sinaida on a Persian ship to the south coast of Arabia, always on Shadhan's trail. With camels they reach the desert landscape of Rub al-Chali , where the garden of God is said to have once been.
Reviews
The novel is set in exotic locations and deals with historical figures and events that are quite unknown in this country. It seems to have been extensively researched.
"'The Book of Eden' is ... a well-written mixture of history and a little fantasy".
expenditure
- Kai Meyer : The Book of Eden . Lübbe, 2004, ISBN 3-7857-2174-9 .
The book was translated into Polish, Italian, Spanish, Greek and Czech in 2005/06.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fantasyguide, accessed October 3, 2012
- ↑ Page of the author ( Memento of the original dated November 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
