Baron Munchausen's Narrative of His Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia
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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, Template:IPA). The fictionalized character was created by Rudolf Erich Raspe.Template:Sfn
The novel was the basis of the 1988 film The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.[4]
Plot
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.
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