The Voyages of Sindbad

Feb 5, 2025 9:52 AM

Author:N. J. Dawood

Seven voyages. Seven missions. Only one man has survived them.

A poor man meets a great sailor and asks to hear his tale. He is amazed to be told of seven journeys to foreign lands, every one ending in shipwreck.

As he listens, the traveller describes a flight on a giant bird, battles with foes including giant serpents, brutal cannibals and the murderous Old Man of the Sea, and the discovery of diamonds. Sindbad the Sailor has grown rich from his travels - but his path to fortune has been anything but easy...

Reviews

One of our foremost writers of naval fiction.

—— Sunday Times

As always with Eco, there is much to admire

—— Sunday Times

A beautiful evocation of a difficult period of Italian history, full of the flair and erudition for which we love Eco

—— Metro

Genuinely clever...the writing, the quotes and the pictures often tickle the brain

—— Irish Independent

Witty, playful, and incorrigibly erudite, Eco clearly had fun writing this book. There is much to enjoy

—— Daily Mail

Another great exhilaration from Eco. Eye-poppingly fascinating

—— Guardian

Perhaps the most intellectual novelist in Europe today. A highly idiosyncratic by engrossing novel

—— Herald

Profound and moving. A wonderful entertainer

—— Scotsman

Engaging

—— Sunday Times

The opening is delightful, the sort of stuff that has readers rubbing their hands in anticipation...it is good to see Eco recapture something of his former glories, bouncing ideas of his readers with characteristic zest

—— Sunday Telegraph

Stimulating

—— Big Issue

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