| Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia | |
| Author: | Rudolf Erich Raspe |
| Country: | England |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Fiction, fantasy |
| Pub Date: | 1785 |
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.[1] [2] [3]
The lead character Baron Munchausen is loosely based on a real baron, Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen (1720–1797, pronounced as /de/). The fictionalized character was created by Rudolf Erich Raspe.
The novel was the basis of the 1988 film The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.[4]
An 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.