In September 1298, the rival Italian republics of Genoa and Venice fought a fierce sea battle at Curzola off the rocky coast of southern Dalmatia. Against the odds the Venetians, led aby Admiral Andrea Dandolo, son of the Doge, were defeated. Among the thousands of Venetians captives was one Marco Polo, gentleman, merchant of Venice, and sometime traveller to East Asia. Incarcerated in a Ligurian fastness, he told his story to a fellow-prisoner, a writer of romances named Rustichello of Pisa. The account of his travels that Marco Polo dictated to Rustichello in captivity - Il Milione - would be exceptionally widely read and would stimulate European interest in the East and its riches. Marco Polo: from Venice to Xanadu is Laurence Bergreen's thrilling and masterly reconstruction of the life and wanderings of one the great adventurers of world history. Between 1271 and 1275 Marco Polo accompanied his father Niccolo and uncle Maffeo on a journey east from Acre into central Asia along the Silk Route, eventually reaching China and the court of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, Kublai Khan. Entering the service of the Khan, he travelled extensively in the Mongol Empire.The three Venetians returned home aby sea in 1292-5, calling at Sumatra and southern India before reaching Persia, and making the last part of their journey to Venice overland. Three years later came that fateful encounter with the Genoese fleet in the Adriatic...
47,32 zł
This is one of Scandinavia's top crime writers in the tradition of Henning Mankell. It was one of those days in February of which there are far...69,47 zł
A travelogue, a physical and mental experience as well as a meditative journey, this modern pilgrimage is a handbook for conscious living.61,12 zł
A Russian doll of a mystery crafted with the precision of a Swiss watch żeby the bestselling author of The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair47,82 zł
From the Big Bang to the Gaia Mission, this is a very personal history of the universe through the author's favourite 100 stars. Astronomer Florian...51,85 zł
A group of children inherit an elemental paradise on earth in Roy Jacobsen's phenomenally bestselling new novel about love, poverty and tragedy...44,80 zł
Uncover the world's greatest mysteries, disappearances, unsolved crimes, cover-ups and conspiracy theories47,32 zł
'Genius' Cosmopolitan'The best book I have read recently...Absolutely blinding. Read it. Do it.' Daily MailThe bestselling book everyone is talking...70,18 zł
Selene and her twin brother Alexander, children of Cleopatra, are brought to Rome in chains, to be brought up as Romans. Selene longs to return...47,32 zł
A chilling story of marital struggle and psychological disturbance from a master of modern European literature61,12 zł
The International Bestseller, as featured in The Times Fat is a vital yet hugely under-rated organ. Fat has become a dirty word, but we know...59,71 zł
Opinie i recenzje użytkowników
Dodaj opinie lub recenzję dla Marco polo. Twój komentarz zostanie wyświetlony po moderacji.