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Title: Maalouf scores big time with Africanus
Review: There's little I can add to the laudatory comments on Maalouf's book "Leo Africanus." Those familiar with Africanus will appreciate Maalouf's use of historical facts to season his gripping story. Those who are simply looking for a good read can rest assure that the life of Leo (both in reality and in this novel) is sufficiently interesting. The translation from Maalouf's French into English appears to be excellent (I don't speak French) as it is highly bombastic without being uppity.I only with that Maalouf had given some insight into why Leo wrote so spitefully of Muslims in his "Geographical Historie of Africa" (unless this was only added by John Pory, the translator)
