Is the Gumilev good? I don't know. I thought it was fantastic, one of my favorite books ever.
He also wrote a huge monograph called "Ethnogenesis and the biosphere". He was one of those 'large picture' Russian academics of the previous generation.
Searches for an Imaginary Kingdom basically grabs strands from all over the place and pulls them in to try to understand the legend of Prester John, mostly having to do with the Mongols, the Mongold court, and the adoption of some among the tribes of Nestorian Christianity.
I have a particular fascination for these 'big picture' studies, which is why I liked this one so much.
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Date: 2005-12-07 08:38 pm (UTC)He also wrote a huge monograph called "Ethnogenesis and the biosphere". He was one of those 'large picture' Russian academics of the previous generation.
Searches for an Imaginary Kingdom basically grabs strands from all over the place and pulls them in to try to understand the legend of Prester John, mostly having to do with the Mongols, the Mongold court, and the adoption of some among the tribes of Nestorian Christianity.
I have a particular fascination for these 'big picture' studies, which is why I liked this one so much.