Award-winning travel writer Nicholas Jubber journeys across Europe exploring Europe's epic poems, from the Odyssey to Beowulf, the Song of Roland to the Nibelungenlied, and their impact on European identity in these turbulent times.
Nicholas Jubber Books
This author delves into history and nomadism, exploring the connections between past and present through compelling storytelling. Their work frequently journeys across and beyond Europe, uncovering iconic tales and adventures. With a passion for exploration and a deep interest in how cultures and epochs intertwine, they offer readers a unique perspective on the world. Their style is marked by a blend of personal experience and historical fascination, making their writing an adventure in itself.
In this far-ranging quest, the author unearths the lives of the dreamers who made our most beloved fairy tales: inventors, thieves, rebels and forgotten geniuses who gave us classic tales such as Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Beauty and the Beast, and Baba Yaga
The Timbuktu School for Nomads
- 336 pages
- 12 hours of reading
An epic modern-day quest across the Sahara and a unique insight into the nomadic communities that surround the legendary city, by award-winning travel writer Nicholas Jubber.
The surprising origins and people behind the world's most influential magical tales: the people who told and re-shaped them, the landscapes that forged them, and the cultures that formed them and were in turn formed by them.
Award-winning travel writer Nicholas Jubber journeys across Europe exploring Europe's epic poems, from the Odyssey to Beowulf, the Song of Roland to the Nibelungenlied, and their impact on European identity in these turbulent times.
The Prester Quest
- 560 pages
- 20 hours of reading
In 1177, Pope Alexander III wrote a letter to the elusive King of the Indies, otherwise known as Prester John. The person who was selected and set out to deliver this letter into the hand of Prester John was never heard of again. 824 years later, armed with a copy of Pope Alexander's letter, Nick Jubber set out from Venice with the intention of somewhat belatedly completing Master Philip's mission. Over the next four months he would travel by bus, train, tractor, and horse-drawn cart around the Eastern Mediterranean, through the Middle East and North Africa before homing in on Ethiopia and the closely-guarded tomb of a medieval king who legend links with the mythical, mystical figure of Prester John.
Nicholas Jubber bereist Europa von der Türkei bis Island und erkundet bedeutende Epen wie die Odyssee und das Nibelungenlied. Er untersucht zentrale Fragen zur Nationalität, Fundamentalismus und Identität, während er die Verbindung zwischen alten Geschichten und der heutigen europäischen Identität aufzeigt.
Bereits als Kind tauchte der Brite Nicholas Jubber ein in den Lebensraum der Nomaden Nordafrikas – auf dem Schoß seines Vaters beim gemeinsamen Star-Wars-Schauen. Seitdem faszinieren ihn die Sahara und die Rituale ihrer legendären Bewohner. Inzwischen ist er länger mit den Nomaden Nordafrikas unterwegs gewesen als jeder andere Europäer unserer Zeit. In »Die acht Lektionen der Wüste« nimmt er uns mit auf eine Entdeckungsreise an der Seite der legendären Bewohner der Wüste. Er lässt uns teilhaben am jahrtausendealten Wissen der Berber, Tuareg und Fulbe, lernt in einer Salzkarawane, was wahrer Reichtum ist und öffnet uns die Augen für den Nomaden in jedem von uns.
