Marco Polo
Marco Polo
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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?
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Marco Polo by Jonathan Clements
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?
'A lucid, lively account supported by many useful and evocative illustrations' Independent on Sunday
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 Life× series.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9781905791057 |
| ISBN 10 | 1905791054 |
| Titre | Marco Polo |
| Auteur | Jonathan Clements |
| Série | Life And Times |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Haus Publishing |
| Année de publication | 2007-08-06 |
| Nombre de pages | 192 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |