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The Wanderer

First US edition (publ. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1951)
Author	Mika Waltari
Original title	Mikael Hakim
Genre	Historical novel
Publisher	WSOY
Publication date	1949
Publication place	Finland
Awards	1950 State Literary Prize of Finland
Preceded by	The Adventurer

The Wanderer (in the US) or The Sultan's Renegade (in the UK) is a 1949 historical novel by Mika Waltari. 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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Reception

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

Notes

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

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