Baron Munchausen's Narrative of His Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia

Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia

Baron Munchausen in the 1890 Dutch translation
Author	Rudolf Erich Raspe
Language	English
Genre	Fiction, fantasy
Publication date	1785
Publication place	England

Baron Munchausen's Narrative of His Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia is a 1785 novel about a fictional German nobleman written by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe.^[1][2][3]

The lead character Baron Munchausen is loosely based on a real baron, Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen (1720–1797, German pronunciation: [ˈmʏnç(h)aʊzən]). The fictionalized character was created by Rudolf Erich Raspe.^[4]

The novel was the basis of the 1988 film The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.^[5]

Plot

An eighteenth-century German nobleman, Baron Munchausen, experiences a series of amazing adventures. He arrives at the Turkish royal court, where he meets the Sultan, steals his whole treasury, and sails away from Turkey.

References

1. Britannica.com
2. Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his marvellous travels and campaigns in Russia, etc. [By R. E. Raspe.] pt. 1. 1786. pp. 5–.
3. The Literary Encyclopedia
4. Seccombe 1895, p. xxii.
5. Canby, Vincent (1989-03-10). "Review/Film; How a Notorious Liar Might Have Lived". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-24.

External links

• The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen at Standard Ebooks
• Seccombe, Thomas (1895), "Introduction", The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, London: Lawrence and Bullen, pp. v–xxxvi
• The Adventures of Baron Munchausen at Google Books