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5043611The Journeyerhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-journeyer-9781429999946/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/683514/6d51d9ae-8ae0-4298-85ff-d9ad875be655.jpg?v=638555438434170000275382MXNTor Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>Jennings combines inexhaustible research with the yarn-spinners art, drawing indelible portraits of Marco [Polo] . . . on the long journey. Stunning. <em>Los Angeles Times Book Review</em></strong></p><p>Marco Polo was nicknamed Marco of the millions because his Venetian countrymen took the grandiose stories of his travels to be exaggerated, if not outright lies. As he lay dying, his priest, family, and friends offered him a last chance to confess his mendacity, and Marco, it is said, replied I have not told the half of what I saw and did.</p><p>Now, in his novel <em>The Journeyer</em>, <em>New York Times</em>bestselling author Gary Jennings has imagined the half that Marco left unsaid as even more adventurous than the alleged tall tales. From the streets of medieval Venice to the sumptuous court of Kublai Khan, from the perfumed sexuality of the Levant to the dangers and rigors of travel along the Silk Road, Marco meets all manner of people, survives all manner of danger, and becomes an almost compulsive collector of customs, languages and women.</p><p>Reimagined with all the splendor, the love of adventure, the zest for the rare and curious that are Jenningss hallmarks, <em>The Journeyer is</em> the epic account of the greatest real-life adventurer in human history.</p><p>Superb. <em>The New York Times</em></p><p>Astonishing and titillating. <em>The Chicago Tribune</em></p><p>Fabulous. . . . Sumptuous and exceedingly bawdy. <em>The Washington Post</em></p><p>Pound for pound, <em>The Journeyer</em> is a classic. Gene Lyons, Newsweek</p><p>Perfect entertainment. <em>Philadelphia Inquirer</em></p><p>An impressively learned gem of the astounding and the titillating. <em>Chicago Tribune Book World</em></p>...1393242The Journeyer275382https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-journeyer-9781429999946/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/683514/6d51d9ae-8ae0-4298-85ff-d9ad875be655.jpg?v=638555438434170000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20109781429999946_W3siaWQiOiI2MGJhNmMxZC1jZmZkLTQ3OTctYTEwNS00OGQ0MjYyM2FmNGEiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjM4MiwiZGlzY291bnQiOjEwNywic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjoyNzUsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI1LTAyLTA1VDAxOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9781429999946_<p>Marco Polo was nicknamed "Marco of the millions" because his Venetian countrymen took the grandiose stories of his travels to be exaggerated, if not outright lies. As he lay dying, his priest, family, and friends offered him a last chance to confess his mendacity, and Marco, it is said, replied "I have not told the half of what I saw and did."</p><p>Now, in his new novel <em>The Journeyer</em>, Gary Jennings has imagined the half that Marco left unsaid as even more elaborate and adventurous than the tall tales thought to be lies. From the palazzi and back streets of medieval Venice to the sumptuous court of Kublai Khan, from the perfumed sexuality of the Levant to the dangers and rigors of travel along the Silk Road, Marco meets all manner of people, survives all manner of danger, and, insatiably curious, becomes an almost compulsive collector of customs, languages and women.</p><p>In more than two decades of travel, Marco was variously a merchant, a warrior, a lover, a spy, even a tax collector - but always a journeyer, unflagging in his appetite for new experiences, regretting only what he missed. Here - recreated and reimagined with all the splendor, the love of adventure, the zest for the rare and curious that are Jenningss hallmarks - is the epic account, at once magnificent and delightful, of the greatest real-life adventurer in human history.</p><p>At the Publishers request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.</p>...(*_*)9781429999946_<p><strong>Jennings combines inexhaustible research with the yarn-spinners art, drawing indelible portraits of Marco [Polo] . . . on the long journey. Stunning. <em>Los Angeles Times Book Review</em></strong></p><p>Marco Polo was nicknamed Marco of the millions because his Venetian countrymen took the grandiose stories of his travels to be exaggerated, if not outright lies. As he lay dying, his priest, family, and friends offered him a last chance to confess his mendacity, and Marco, it is said, replied I have not told the half of what I saw and did.</p><p>Now, in his novel <em>The Journeyer</em>, <em>New York Times</em>bestselling author Gary Jennings has imagined the half that Marco left unsaid as even more adventurous than the alleged tall tales. From the streets of medieval Venice to the sumptuous court of Kublai Khan, from the perfumed sexuality of the Levant to the dangers and rigors of travel along the Silk Road, Marco meets all manner of people, survives all manner of danger, and becomes an almost compulsive collector of customs, languages and women.</p><p>Reimagined with all the splendor, the love of adventure, the zest for the rare and curious that are Jenningss hallmarks, <em>The Journeyer is</em> the epic account of the greatest real-life adventurer in human history.</p><p>Superb. <em>The New York Times</em></p><p>Astonishing and titillating. <em>The Chicago Tribune</em></p><p>Fabulous. . . . Sumptuous and exceedingly bawdy. <em>The Washington Post</em></p><p>Pound for pound, <em>The Journeyer</em> is a classic. Gene Lyons, Newsweek</p><p>Perfect entertainment. <em>Philadelphia Inquirer</em></p><p>An impressively learned gem of the astounding and the titillating. <em>Chicago Tribune Book World</em></p>...9781429999946_Tor Publishing Group(*_*)9781429999946_Forge Bookslibro_electonico_9781429999946_9781429999946Gary JenningsInglésMéxico2024-07-02T00:00:00+00:00Forge Bookshttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/openroadmedia-epub-c388b11f-75e2-48a5-99a2-1b5454ef6556.epub