Article: The Prester quest.(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: Prester Quest.
California Bookwatch;  September 1, 2006 ;     310 words ...Prester Quest Nicholas Jubber Doubleday/Bantam ... legendary monarch's kingdom was hidden. Master Philip set out to find it and delivery the ... decided to deliver it himself. THE PRESTER QUEST blends history with an adventure travelogue ...

Article: Books & Internet: Trace footsteps of a real legend; THE ...
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  May 21, 2005 ;     437 words ...Byline: GARY YOUNG THE Prester Quest reads like a historical romp ... sent an emissary - his physician Master Philip - with a letter for Prester John ... priest-king of the Indies. Master Philip was never heard from again ...

Article: Books: Al-Jub and his mate go in search of an eastern King Arthur ...
The Independent on Sunday;  April 3, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... magnificence dominates the three Indias", who claimed to rule the Lost 10 tribes of Israel? Alexander dispatched one "Master Philip" to convey his respects and to enforce spiritual allegiance. Philip was never heard of again. The letter entrusted to ...

Article: A long and winding road
The Spectator;  April 30, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... long and winding road THE PRESTER QUEST by Nicholas Jubber Doubleday ... 800 4848 Having read The Prester Quest almost at a single sitting ... 12th-century physician, Master Philip. Master Philip was an emissary sent in 1177 ...

Article: A letter that's 828 years late Justin Marozzi on how a ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  April 17, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... potentate of an unknown kingdom was the Pope's physician, Master Philip. Buoyed by the prospect of meeting one of the greatest rulers ... of Islam, Conqueror of the World' (HarperCollins) The Prester Quest by Nicholas Jubber Doubleday, pounds 14.99, 504 pp T ...

Article: PAPERBACKS; PAPERBACKS
The Sunday Telegraph London;  January 15, 2006 ;     697 words ... ... of life, sex, death and, above all, family love. THE PRESTER QUEST BY NICHOLAS JUBBER, BANTAM, pounds 7.99 In 1177, Pope ... existed. As his emissary, the Pope chose his physician, Master Philip, who set out from Venice and was never heard of again ...

Article: We're vegetarians, we don't eat human organs, says the Living ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  August 31, 2003 ;     700+ words ...DWARFED BY an oversized throne garishly decorated in his favourite hues of saffron and pink, the self-professed "living perfect master" delivers a meandering sermon on love and peace to 250 adoring followers. Some have prostrated themselves in front of his heart-shaped podium; others stand and sway