A collection of 'wonders' of history, geography and physics from all over Europe, collected and told by an English cleric who worked in the service of Henry II, then of the Norman king William II and finally of the emperor Otto of Brunswick: veronicas and holy faces, battles of scarabs, magical herbs, moon stones, waters that do not boil, ghosts on horseback, enchanted forests, fiery mountains, bearded women, mermaids, witches, chimeras, living dead, werewolves, enchant the reader with the charm of their first appearance. - [Publisher]

Language: Italian

Locators: ISBN: 978-88-6315-179-4