Travels (Konemann Classics) - Hardcover

Polo, Marco

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9783895084539: Travels (Konemann Classics)

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ISBN 10: 3895084530 ISBN 13: 9783895084539

Publisher: Konemann, 1996

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1996 Koneman Travel Classics hardcover. German import. ISBN:9783895084539. Classic Asian travel tale-whether Polo ever actually went as far as China or not-or was assisted by an author during their imprisonment in Genoa.

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About the Author:

Marco Polo travelled to China in 1271 and spent the next twenty years in the service of Kublai Khan. He wrote his famous Travels after returning home, whilst a prisoner in Genoa.

Nigel Cliff was previously a theatre and film critic for The Times and a regular writer for The Economist, among other publications, and now writes historical nonfiction books. His first book, The Shakespeare Riots, was published in 2007 and shortlisted for the Washington-based National Award for Arts Writing. His second book, The Last Crusade: Vasco da Gama and the Birth of the Modern World, appeared in 2011 and was shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize.

Review:

Few books can truly be said to have changed the world; for all its naysayers, Marco Polo's Travels is one of them -- Nigel Cliff

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