Marco Polo (Life & Times)
Jonathan Clements
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Description for Marco Polo (Life & Times)
Paperback. The records of the Chinese Yuan dynasty do not mention a Marco Polo at all (and they should), and there are some suspicious omissions from Polo's text - no tea, no foot-binding, no mention of Chinese printing, or even of the Great Wall. Did Polo even go to China? Series: Life & Times. Num Pages: 192 pages, 26 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBLC; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light scoring on one page, remains a very good copy
The records of the Chinese Yuan dynasty do not mention a Marco Polo at all (and they should), and there are some suspicious omissions from Polo's text - no tea, no foot-binding, no mention of Chinese printing, or even of the Great Wall. Did Polo even go to China?
The records of the Chinese Yuan dynasty do not mention a Marco Polo at all (and they should), and there are some suspicious omissions from Polo's text - no tea, no foot-binding, no mention of Chinese printing, or even of the Great Wall. Did Polo even go to China?
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Life & Times
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905791057
SKU
KCW0014764
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Jonathan Clements
Jonathan Clements is the author of Confucius: A Biography and Pirate King: Coxinga and the Fall of the Ming Dynasty. He studied Chinese and Japanese at the University of Leeds. He contributed a biography of MAO to the Lifex series.
Reviews for Marco Polo (Life & Times)
'A lucid, lively account supported by many useful and evocative illustrations.' Independent on Sunday