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The Wanderer (Waltari novel)

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The Wanderer (in the USA) or The Sultan's Renegade (in the UK) is a 1949 historical novel by Mika Waltari.[1] It is a sequel to The Adventurer, which tells of the adventures of a young Finnish man, Mikael Karvajalka, in 16th-century Europe. The Wanderer tells the story of how Mikael converts from Christianity to Islam and rises to a high position in the court of Suleiman the Magnificent. Many historical events are recounted in the book, but Mikael's involvement in them is fictitious.

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The Mikael duology won the 1950 State Literary Prize of Finland.[2]

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  1. [1]
    "Waltari, Mika (1908–1979), Biografiakeskus, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura". Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  2. [2]
    Randel, William (1956). "This Man Waltari". Books Abroad. 30 (2): 165–167. doi:10.2307/40095378. ISSN 0006-7431. JSTOR 40095378 – via JSTOR.
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