the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Marco Polo : The Travels of Marco Polo

'Read Marco Polo's Travels which are amusing enough though containing a pretty large collection of absurdities [...]'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton      Print: Book

Marco Polo : The Travels of Marco Polo

'Finished Marco Polo, a very curious book for the time in which it was written, wonderfully accurate in the account of the people bating his miracles [...] which was the fault of his age rather than himself.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Benjamin Newton      Print: Book

Marco Polo : Travels of Marco Polo

'Mrs Rawlings read from Polo's description of the Great Khan.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Helen Rawlings      Print: Book

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