From Africa - to the lush and cruel Ottoman Empire... From the medieval capital of Arab science and arts of Granada - to Rome, experiencing the heyday of the Renaissance... This is the life story of Hassan ibn Mohammed, a great traveler, famous adventurer and brilliant intellectual, who received the name John the Lion and the nickname Leo of Africa. The story of wanderings and adventures. The story of the eternal hunger of the spirit, again and again pushing an extraordinary person FORWARD - to a distant, unknown goal.

“A stunning mixture of fantasy and history!” “Paris Match"