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James Agee: A Life; Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life; Capone: The Man and the Era; and As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin, each considered the definitive work on its subject. A graduate of Harvard University, he lives in New York City. As part of the research for this book, he traveled Marco Polo’s route across Mongolia and China.

ALSO BY LAURENCE BERGREEN

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Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life

Capone: The Man and the Era

As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin

James Agee: A Life

Look Now, Pay Later:

The Rise of Network Broadcasting

THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK

PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF

Copyright © 2007 by Laurence Bergreen

All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bergreen, Laurence.

Marco Polo: from Venice to Xanadu / by Laurence Bergreen.—1st ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Polo, Marco, 1254–1323?—Travel. 2. Explorers—Italy—Biography. 3. Voyages and travels. 4. Asia—Description and travel. 5. Travel, Medieval. I. Title.

G370.P9b37 2007

910.4—dc22

[B] 2007021860

eISBN: 978-0-307-26769-6

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