The incredible story of Marco Polo's journey to the ends of the earth has for the last seven hundred years been beset by doubts as to its authenticity. Did this intrepid Venetian really trek across Asia minor as a teenager, explore the length and breadth of China as the ambassador of the ruthless dictator, Kublai Khan, and make his escape from almost certain death at the hands of Kublai Khan's successors? Robin Brown's book aims to get to the truth of Marco Polo's claims. Covering his early life, his extraordinary twenty-four-year Asian epic and his reception in Italy on his return, Marco Polo places the intrepid Venetian in context, historically and geographically. What emerges confirms the truth of Polo's account. Polo, scholars now agree, opened vistas to the medieval mind and stirred the interest in exploration that prompted the age of the European ocean voyages. All who now enjoy the fruits of Marco Polo's incredible journey through Asia - whether in the form of spectacles, fireworks, pasta or any of the many products of the Silk Road - will find in Robin Brown-Lowe's book a fascinating portrait of a man who made history happen by bringing about the meeting of East and West.

About the Author
Robin Brown is a film-maker whose credits the EMMY-winning 'In the Company of Whales'. His books include two volumes of autobiography and The Lost City of Solomon and Sheba (Sutton 2002).


Book Information
ISBN 9780750934213
Author Robin Brown
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint The History Press Ltd
Publisher The History Press Ltd
Weight(grams) 210g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 127mm * 10mm