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Informationen zum Autor John Man is a historian and travel writer with a special interest in Mongolia. After reading German and French at Oxford he did two postgraduate courses, one in the history of science at Oxford, the other in Mongolian at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. John has written acclaimed and highly successful biographies of Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun and Kublai Khan as well as Alpha Beta, on the history of the alphabet, and The Gutenberg Revolution, on the invention of printing. Klappentext **A SOURCE FOR MARCO POLO A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES**Marco Polo's journey from Venice through Europe and most of Asia to the court of Kublai Khan in China is one of the most audacious in history. His account of his experiences known simply as The Travels uncovered an entirely new world of emperors and concubines great buildings - 'stately pleasure domes' in Coleridge's dreaming - huge armies and imperial riches. His book shaped the West's understanding of China for hundreds of years.John Man travelled in Marco's footsteps to Xanadu in search of the truth behind Marco's stories; to separate legend from fact. Drawing on his own journey archaeology and archival study John Man paints a vivid picture of the man behind the myth and the true story of the great court of Kublai Khan. Zusammenfassung **A SOURCE FOR MARCO POLO , A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES** Marco Polo's journey from Venice, through Europe and most of Asia, to the court of Kublai Khan in China is one of the most audacious in history. His account of his experiences, known simply as The Travels , uncovered an entirely new world of emperors and concubines, great buildings - 'stately pleasure domes' in Coleridge's dreaming - huge armies and imperial riches. His book shaped the West's understanding of China for hundreds of years. John Man travelled in Marco's footsteps to Xanadu, in search of the truth behind Marco's stories; to separate legend from fact. Drawing on his own journey, archaeology and archival study, John Man paints a vivid picture of the man behind the myth and the true story of the great court of Kublai Khan. ...
