The story of Gertrude Flint, an abandoned and mistreated orphan rescued at the age of eight by Trueman Flint, a lamplighter, from her abusive guardian, Nan Grant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.

This edition reissue of Herbert Morris Bower’s beautiful verse translation, the only complete English version of the poem, is enriched by facing original text and extra end notes.

Alessandro Scafi's fascinating account looks at the perception of world geography and the place of paradise within that.

Accompanying CD-ROM contains: digital reproduction of Fra Mauro's world map with the ability to navigate within the map and extract information from it.