Books written by Nicholas Jubber
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The Timbuktu School for Nomads: Across the Sahara in the Shadow of Jihad
The coals crackled and flashed, jetting sparks and tattooing our faces with shadow, while Saharawi music tinkled through the window of the Land Rover. The men around me were not only friends, they were also business partners in a ...
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The Prester Quest
'Robert Fisk, Lebanese civil war. Talking about an old man who got beheaded by the fin of a Katyusha rocket.' 'Bariiiiiiiiii!' We were in a land of pine woods, sand dunes scuffed by heather, and bentdouble depressives with bulging eye ...
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Epic Continent: Adventures in the Great Stories of Europe
In these tales soaked in blood and fire, Nicholas Jubber discovers how the world of gods and emperors, dragons and water-maidens, knights and princesses made our own: their deep impact on European identity, and their resonance in our ...
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Epic Continent: Adventures in the Great Stories of Europe
The old monk was tottering behind us, so the teenager called to the novice who was helping him along. They came over, and the monk carefully considered my question: 'For us, the Orthodox, we believe ... that Prince Lazar was very holy, ...
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The Fairy Tellers
From North Africa and Siberia, this book illuminates the complicated relationship between Western civilization and the 'Eastern' cultures it borrowed from, and the strange lives of our long lost fairy-tellers.
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The Fairy Tellers
"The general reader is unlikely to have met Mr. Jubber’s other subjects and may be amazed to learn the degree to which these unsung men and women have shaped the fairy-tale canon, an enthusiastic and enjoyable book—The Wall Street ...
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The Fairy Tellers: A Journey into the Secret History of Fairy Tales
In the process, we discover a fresh perspective on some of our most frequently told stories. Filled with adventure, tragedy and real-world magic, this bewitching book uncovers the stranger lives behind the strangest of tales.