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　　From the author of A Venetian Affair and Lucia comes a

charming odyssey in the path of the mysterious Zen brothers, who

explored parts of the New World a century before Columbus, and

became both a source of scandal and a cause célèbre among

geographers in the following centuries.

This delightful journey begins with Andrea di Robilant’s

serendipitous discovery of a travel narrative published in Venice

in 1558 by the Renaissance statesman Nicolò Zen: the text and its

fascinating nautical map re-created the travels of two of the

author’s ancestors, brothers who explored the North Atlantic in the

1380s and 1390s. Di Robilant set out to discover why later, in the

nineteenth century, the Zens’ account came under attack as one of

the greatest frauds in geographical history. Was their map—and even

their journey—partially or perhaps entirely faked?

In Irresistible North the author follows the Zens’ route from the

Faeroes to Shetland to Iceland and Greenland, greeted by characters

who help unravel the enigmas in the Zens’ account. The medieval

world comes to life as di Robilant guides us through a landscape

enlivened by the ghosts of power-hungry earls and bishops of the

old Norwegian realm and magical tales of hot springs and smoking

mountains. In this rich telling—an original work of history and a

travel book in one—the magnetism of the north draws us in as

powerfully as it drew the Zen brothers more than six centuries

ago.

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　　Andrea di Robilant was born in Italy and educated at Columbia

University, where he specialized in international affairs. He is

the author of two previous books, A Venetian Affair and Lucia: A

Venetian Life in the Age of Napoleon. He currently lives in Rome

with his wife and two sons.

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From the author of A Venetian Affair and Lucia comes a charming odyssey in the path of the mysterious Zen brothers, who explored parts of the New World a century before Columbus, and became both a source of scandal and a cause célèbre among geographers in the following centuries.

This delightful journey begins with Andrea di Robilant’s serendipitous discovery of a travel narrative published in Venice in 1558 by the Renaissance statesman Nicolò Zen: the text and its fascinating nautical map re-created the travels of two of the author’s ancestors, brothers who explored the North Atlantic in the 1380s and 1390s. Di Robilant set out to discover why later, in the nineteenth century, the Zens’ account came under attack as one of the greatest frauds in geographical history. Was their map—and even their journey—partially or perhaps entirely faked?

In Irresistible North the author follows the Zens’ route from the Faeroes to Shetland to Iceland and Greenland, greeted by characters who help unravel the enigmas in the Zens’ account. The medieval world comes to life as di Robilant guides us through a landscape enlivened by the ghosts of power-hungry earls and bishops of the old Norwegian realm and magical tales of hot springs and smoking mountains. In this rich telling—an original work of history and a travel book in one—the magnetism of the north draws us in as powerfully as it drew the Zen brothers more than six centuries ago.