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Wikipedia article'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.[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Baron-Munchausens-Narratives-of-His-Marvelous-Travels-and-Campaigns-in-Russia Britannica.com][http://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=16593 The Literary Encyclopedia] The lead character Baron Munchausen is loosely based on a real baron, Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Mnchhausen (17201797, ). The fictionalized character was created by Rudolf Erich Raspe. The novel was the basis of the 1988 film 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen'. PlotAn 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 | |
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