Messer Marco Polo (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, British Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
- First Published: 1921
- Type of Work: Novelette
- Type of Plot: Exotic romance
- Time of Work: Thirteenth century
- Setting: Venice and China
- Principal Characters: Marco Polo, Kubla Khan, Golden Bells, Li Po, Sanang
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Voyages, Love or romance, Christianity, Rulers, Adventure, Italy or Italians, China or Chinese people, Thirteenth century, Exploration or explorers
- Locales: Venice, Italy, China, Italy
The Story:
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 drinking, except for one man who sat by himself at a table. Marco recognized him as a Chinese sea captain and sat down to talk to him. In a friendly argument over the merits of their native countries, the sea captain got the better of young Marco by describing the beauty of Golden Bells, the...
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