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Marco Polo : the journey that changed the world
Title:
Marco Polo : the journey that changed the world

Xanadu
Personal Author:
Publication Date as Range:
2014,

2009
ISBN:
9780062375070
Uniform Title:
Xanadu
Edition:
First US edition.
Physical Description:
395 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps, plans ; 21 cm.
General Note:
"Source for the Netflix original series"--Cover.

"Originally published in the UK by Transworld Publishers under the title Xanadu"--Title-page verso.
Contents:
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.
Abstract:
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.
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