{"product_id":"journey-to-the-vanished-city-isbn-9780375724541","title":"Journey to the Vanished City","description":"In a mixture of travel, adventure, and scholarship, historian Tudor Parfitt sets out in search of answers to a fascinating ethnological puzzle: is the Lemba tribe of Southern Africa really one of the lost tribes of Israel, descended from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning in the Lemba villages in South Africa, where he witnesses customs such as food taboos and circumcision rites that seem part of Jewish tradition, Parfitt retraces the supposed path of the Lembas through Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Tanzania, taking in sights like Zanzibar and the remains of the stone city Great Zimbabwe.  The story of his eccentric travels, a blend of the ancient allure of King Solomon's mines and Prester John with contemporary Africa in all its beauty and variety, makes for an irresistible glimpse at a various and rapidly changing continent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd in a new epilogue, Parfitt discusses recent DNA evidence that, amazingly, lends credence to the Lembas'  tribal myth.\"Parfitt...is a British Indiana Jones seeking the lost tribes of Israel.\"  -\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lucidly written and exhibiting all the craftsmanship of a first-rate detective novel.\"  -\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Magical...enchanting...Resembles a novel by Graham Greene not only in its exotic settings and characters, but in its insight and wisdom, too.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003eTudor Parfitt lives in London.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302011130085,"sku":"NP9780375724541","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375724541.jpg?v=1767730481","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/journey-to-the-vanished-city-isbn-9780375724541","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}