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On the first night of spring, young Marco Polo deserted his work in his father's countinghouse and wandered restlessly through the streets of Venice. He entered a wineshop in the hope of talking with some of the foreign people gathered there. The people inside were gambling and... Read Full Overview

Donn Byrne was a storyteller, the last, as he himself explained, of a long line of Irish storytellers. He belonged to the school of the romantic, the rhetorical, the magical--in short to the stylists of storytelling. Here is the convincing and unscholarly tale of Marco Polo's... Read Full Overview

""Messer Marco Polo"" is a book written by Donn Byrne that tells the story of the famous Italian explorer, Marco Polo. The book follows Polo's journey from his hometown of Venice to the court of Kublai Khan in China, where he spent over 20 years as a trusted advisor and emissary... Read Full Overview

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Messer Marco Polo is a historical novel written by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne. The book is based on the life and travels of Marco Polo, a Venetian explorer who travelled to China and other parts of Asia during the 13th century. The novel follows Marco Polo's journey from Venice... Read Full Overview

Messer Marco Polo is a book written by Donn Byrne that tells the story of Marco Polo, a Venetian merchant and explorer who traveled to Asia in the 13th century. The book is a fictionalized account of Marco Polo's travels and adventures, based on his own writings and other historical... Read Full Overview