Marco Polo : the journey that changed the world / John Man.
Draws on the author's own parallel journey and new evidence to retraces the steps of the medieval Italian merchant who traveled from Venice, through the Middle East and Central Asia, to China and Xanadu, the summer capital of Kublai Khan.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062375070
- ISBN: 0062375075
- Physical Description: 395 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition: First United States edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2014]
- Copyright: ©2009
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in the UK by Transworld Publishers under the title Xanadu"--Title-page verso. "Source for the Netflix original series"--Cover. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-375) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Of truth, told and hidden -- When worlds collide -- Across the heart of Asia -- Into China -- Approaching the Khan -- Arrival in Xanadu -- The Pleasure Dome -- From Xanadu to Beijing -- Kublai's new "Great capital" -- The display of power, the power of display -- A rough guide to the Manzi -- Marco and the women -- Leaving a tattered empire -- Homeward bound -- The making of the book -- Marco and the New World -- The last work. |
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