Searches for an Imaginary Kingdom : The Legend of the Kingdom of Prester John (Paperback)

Introduction; Foreword; Translator's notes; Part I. The Trefoil of the Writing Desk: 1. Overcoming the study of letters; 2. An excursion into geography; 3. The road through history; Part II. The Trefoil of the Bird's Eye View: 4. The dark century (861?960); 5. The shattered silence (961?1100); 6. Foreshadowing the legend's hero (1100?1143); Part III. The Trefoil of the Barrow: 7. The courage and ruin of King David (1143?1218); 8. The loss of a dream (1218?1259); 9. Dealing with the Conquerors (1259?1312); Part IV. The Trefoil of the Mouse-hole: 10. The tastes and sympathies of the author of the secret history; 11. Jamuqa-sechen under investigation; 12. Two in one; Part V. The Trefoil of the Tree of Thought: 13. An attempt to overcome self-deception; 14. A space-time scheme; 15. Construction of hypotheses; Bibliography; Index.