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Marco Polo (Hardcover)

by Laurence Bergreen (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group (16 Dec 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 140004345X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1400043453
  • Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 16 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 701,865 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A superb real-life thriller - The New York Times on Laurence Bergreen's Over the Edge of the WorldA fascinating account of one man's amazing life - Sunday Express --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.


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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Marco Polo explored, 2 Sep 2008
By Geoff Buck (Newton Abbot, Devon United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu (Hardcover)
Those interested in Marco Polo would do well to read this book early. It gives a detailed insight into Polo's writings, and takes evidence from the many secondary sources that were translations or copies of the Polo original. Since all of the first translations or copies were done by hand, there were many inconsistencies, omissions, mistranslations, or even deliberate misinterpretations.
The author has attempted to cross reference Polo's accounts with contemporaneous accounts from the Far East, to add credence to the many supposedly exaggerated claims that Polo made.
The book is also a useful reminder of the politics of the Italian states of that time, and also primarily of Mongol and Chinese history and culture, but also touching on Japanese and Indian history too.
It is an easy read and there are extensive notes, plus a good bibliography.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Marco Polo's remarkable life and fascinating travels, 6 Mar 2008
By Rolf Dobelli "getAbstract.com" (Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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During the Middle Ages, most Europeans were poor peasants who never ventured more than a few miles beyond their villages. During this provincial era, Venetian merchant Marco Polo traveled almost all the known world. Like a water bug skimming across a pond, Polo journeyed to the ancient Holy Land, the Levantine, Arabia, Asia Minor, central Asia, Cathay (China), India, Southeast Asia, Africa and to other exotic lands. The captain of a Venetian ship, Polo eventually was captured by the Genoese after a brutal naval battle. He spent many long days and nights in jail describing nearly two decades of remarkable travel to fellow inmate, writer and avid note-taker Rustichello da Pisa. Polo told of serving as a trusted emissary for the fabled Kublai Khan, emperor of the Mongols. Polo's remarkable story became a hugely influential book, //The Travels of Marco Polo//. Like someone spinning a yarn of his adventures as an intergalactic warrior in the far reaches of outer space, Polo told a tale that was almost mythical - yet in most particulars absolutely true and accurate. getAbstract finds that Laurence Bergreen's fascinating biography of Polo ably describes him and his fabulous adventures in comprehensive detail and great color. You owe it to yourself to explore this delightful book.
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