by William Dalrymple · Círculo de Lectores, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788422676492
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«Tras los pasos de Marco Polo» is William Dalrymple's travelogue, published by Círculo de Lectores in paperback (382 pages, in Spanish).
The author recalls the summer when, after finishing his exams, he decided to follow Marco Polo's route from Jerusalem to Xanadu, the palace of Kublai Khan. Between travel notebook and historical essay, the book traverses the Near East and Central Asia with humor and a keen eye for landscapes and people.
Work originally published as «In Xanadu. A Quest» in 1989; this Spanish edition appeared in 1999 with a translation by María Faidella Martí.
A book for readers of travel writing and the history of Asia and the Near East.
William Benedict Hamilton-Dalrymple is a Scottish historian, art historian, indologist, curator, broadcaster, critic and author.
