MARCO POLO: A Story of the Middle Ages

by Edna Mitchell Preston ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

Imprisoned following a sea battle, the Venetian traveller related his experiences to fellow prisoners, and one recorded them; so begins this version which puts inordinate emphasis (nearly half the book) on the trip to Cathay, skimping on the time spent with the Khan. Aside from some unsuccessful attempts to snuggle up to the reader (""Picture a city that has streets made out of water""), this includes the usual selection of Marco's millions of reminiscences (as found in Komroff and Webb) but without the general insights of the American Heritage volume, and fails to point out his surprising journalistic omissions (e.g. that the paper money was printed). The simple declarative sentence becomes tedious but there is no contrived dialogue.

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Publisher: Crowell-Collier

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1968

Categories: NONFICTION