THE BOOK OF ETHIOPIA, PÊRO DA COVILHÃ’S HORNBOOK (34-page EXTRACT)

This is a 34-page extract of THE BOOK OF ETHIOPIA, PÊRO DA COVILHÃ’S HORNBOOK፠ Part historical fiction and part magic scroll, The Book of Ethiopia compounds tentative fact and patent fiction to breathe new life into the characters of the Ethiopian palimpsest.፠ The story begins when Yves-Marie Stranger receives an outline of Pêro da Covilhã's long-lost hornbook in a 'cahier Seyès' sent to him by the late French publisher Jean-Michel Cornu de Lenclos (Pêro da Covilhã was a 16th-century envoy from the Kingdom of Portugal to 'The Prester John', the legendary ruler of Ethiopia.)፠ The old fashioned exercise book contains a facsimile of the memoirs of the Portuguese diplomat, an account preserved for five centuries in an Ethiopian hornbook* by Pêro da Covilhã's last descendant in Ethiopia, the mysterious 'Ras Petros'.፠ The Book of Ethiopia is a precious account of the great historical events of those times, and later centuries, as the Portuguese envoy’s descendants continued to use the hornbook to collect events and stories henceforth. As such it constitutes a chronicle of five hundred years of Ethiopian history.More info: Uthiopia.com