The City Of Light: The Hidden Journal of the Man Who Entered China Four Years Before Marco Polo

D'Ancona, Jacob

ISBN 10: 1559725230 / ISBN 13: 9781559725231

Published by Citadel, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The City Of Light: The Hidden Journal of the Man Who Entered China Four Years Before Marco Polo
• Publisher: Citadel
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1559725230
• ISBN 13: 9781559725231
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Challenging Marco Polo's status as "first" to enter China, this journal of a scholarly Jewish merchant who sailed into Zaitun four years before the arrival of Polo describes the adventures of a medieval trader and adds another fascinating chapter to the classic encounter between East and West.

About the Author

David Selbourne is a distinguished academic who held a British Commonwealth Fellowship at the University of Chicago and has taught at Ruskin College, Oxford. He is the author of a distinguished work of political philosophy, The Principle of Duty. He lives in Urbino in the Marche region of Italy.