''The Wanderer'' (in the USA) or ''The Sultan's Renegade'' (in the UK) is a 1949 historical novel by

Mika Waltari Mika Toimi Waltari (; 19 September 1908 – 26 August 1979) was a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel '' The Egyptian'' ( fi, Sinuhe egyptiläinen). He was extremely productive. Besides his novels he also wrote poetry, short stor ...

. 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

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to Islam and rises to a high position in the court of

Suleiman the Magnificent Suleiman I ( ota, سليمان اول, Süleyman-ı Evvel; tr, I. Süleyman; 6 November 14946 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and Suleiman the Lawgiver ( ota, قانونى سلطان سليمان, Ḳ ...

. Many historical events are recounted in the book, but Mikael's involvement in them is fictitious.

Plot

Reception

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

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1949 novels 20th-century Finnish novels G. P. Putnam's Sons books Historical novels Novels by Mika Waltari Novels set in the 16th century Novels set in the Ottoman Empire Picaresque novels {{1940s-adventure-novel-stub