The elephant from Baghdad /
Holmes, Mary Tavener.
The elephant from Baghdad / by Mary Tavener Holmes and John Harris ; illustrated by Jon Cannell. - 1st ed. - New York : Marshall Cavendish Children, 2012. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., col. map ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Relates the story, told by a monk named Notker the Stammerer, of how the Emperor Charlemagne sent an ambassador to Baghdad, the center of the Muslim world, to learn about the great ruler in the East, Haroun al Rashid. Includes notes on the factual basis of the story.
0761461116 (hbk.) 9780761461111 (hbk.)
2011016401
Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814 --Juvenile fiction.
Hārūn al-Rashīd, Caliph, approximately 763-809 --Juvenile fiction.
Elephants--Juvenile fiction.
Islamic Empire--History--750-1258--Juvenile fiction.
The elephant from Baghdad / by Mary Tavener Holmes and John Harris ; illustrated by Jon Cannell. - 1st ed. - New York : Marshall Cavendish Children, 2012. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., col. map ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Relates the story, told by a monk named Notker the Stammerer, of how the Emperor Charlemagne sent an ambassador to Baghdad, the center of the Muslim world, to learn about the great ruler in the East, Haroun al Rashid. Includes notes on the factual basis of the story.
0761461116 (hbk.) 9780761461111 (hbk.)
2011016401
Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814 --Juvenile fiction.
Hārūn al-Rashīd, Caliph, approximately 763-809 --Juvenile fiction.
Elephants--Juvenile fiction.
Islamic Empire--History--750-1258--Juvenile fiction.