Giles Milton

Giles Milton

Giles Milton is a British writer and journalist born in Buckinghamshire in 1966.

He has contributed articles for many British newspapers and several foreign publications, and specialises in the history of travel and exploration. In the course of research, he has travelled in Europe, the Middle East, Japan, the Far East, and North and South America.

Works

Novels

* "Edward Trencom's Nose: A Novel of History, Dark Intrigue and Cheese", 2007

Non-fiction

* "Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History", 1999
* "The Riddle and the Knight: In Search of Sir John Mandeville", 2001
* "Big Chief Elizabeth: How England's Adventurers Gambled and Won the New World", 2002
* "Samurai William: The Adventurer Who Unlocked Japan", 2002
* "White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves", 2005
* "Paradise Lost: Smyrna, 1922", 2008

The Riddle and the Knight

"The Riddle and the Knight" is an historical travel book, telling the story of Sir John Mandeville's time travelling from England to Asia and back before writing his book "Travels" or "The Travels of John Mandeville".

Milton travels across England in search of more information about Mandeville and then follows the knight on his journey to the Middle East.

Nathaniel's Nutmeg

"Nathaniel's Nutmeg" provides an account of the Spice Wars of the 1600s, and mostly of the conflict between the Dutch and the English.


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