Marco Polo
From Venice to Xanadu
$36.68
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2009
Summary
In September 1298, the rival Italian republics of Genoa and Venice fought a fierce sea battle at Curzola off the rocky coast of southern Dalmatia. Against the odds the Venetians, led by Admiral Andrea Dandolo, son of the Doge, were defeated. Among the thousands of Venetians captives was one Marco Polo, gentleman, merchant of Venice, and sometime traveller to East Asia. Incarcerated in a Ligurian fastness, he told his story to a fellow-prisoner, a writer of romances named Rustichello of Pisa. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847247674 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1847247679 |
| Author: | Laurence Bergreen |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2009 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 134mm x 30mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Marco Polo comes to life! e a classic portrait that now surely cannot be bettered - Simon Winchester, author of ‘The Map That Changed the World ‘
Marco Polo comes to life! - a classic portrait that now surely cannot be bettered - Simon Winchester, author of ‘The Map That Changed the World’a dazzling portrait of a remarkable man - a task that has been long overdue - Guardian
About The Author
Laurence Bergreen
Laurence Bergreen was born in New York City and educated at Harvard University. Now a prize-winning nonfiction writer, his books include Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (2004) and Voyage to Mars: NASA’s Search for Life Beyond Earth, a narrative of NASA’s exploration of Mars and the search for extraterrestrial life (2000).
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