''The Wanderer'' (in the US) 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'' (). He was extremely productive. Besides his novels he also wrote poetry, short stories, crime novels, plays, ...

. 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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and rises to a high position in the court of

Suleiman the Magnificent Suleiman I (; , ; 6 November 14946 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the Western world and as Suleiman the Lawgiver () in his own realm, was the List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman sultan between 1520 a ...

. 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 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 Cultural depictions of Suleiman the Magnificent {{1940s-adventure-novel-stub