About the book: 2006 / From Africa - to the lush and cruel Ottoman Empire... From the medieval capital of Arab science and arts, Granada - to Rome, experiencing the heyday of the Renaissance... This - the life story of Hassan ibn Mohammed, a great traveler, famous adventurer and brilliant intellectual, who at baptism received the name John the Lion and the nickname Leo of Africa. The story of wanderings and adventures. The story of the eternal hunger of the spirit, again and again pushing an extraordinary person FORWARD - to the distant, unknown goals. “A stunning mixture of fantasy and history!” “Paris Match»