The Wanderer (Waltari novel)

First US edition
(publ. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1951)

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.

Notes

1. "Waltari, Mika (1908–1979), Biografiakeskus, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura". Retrieved 17 August 2015.