Detail from 16th century Persian manuscript, 'The marvels of creation and the oddities of existence'

A Book of Strange and Wonderful Tales and its Eminent Translator

20 December 2014

Crocodiles have pearls in their ears; statues move and speak. The first English translation of a collection of Arab fantasy stories opens a window on to the imaginings of the medieval mind. Professor Malcolm Lyons has brought alive for the modern reader the gripping yarns in Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange. 

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