The Wise Man From The West

The Wise Man from the West (1956) by Vincent Cronin – Readers Union Edition
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In The Wise Man from the West, Vincent Cronin tells the remarkable true story of Matteo Ricci, the 16th-century Jesuit priest who journeyed to Ming Dynasty China and managed the near-impossible: making Confucian scholars sit up and listen. With elegance and narrative flair, Cronin explores Ricci’s mission of cultural diplomacy, scientific exchange, and spiritual persistence in a world suspicious of outsiders.

This 1956 Readers Union edition has all the vintage charm you’d expect—dusty jacket, foxed pages, and that lovely old-book aroma of cellulose decay and forgotten empires.

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Hardback with dust jacket. The dust jacket has had a protective plastic coating making it suitable for reading under water.

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