538 pages. Brown binding with gold letterin on black spine. Couple of small nips along top edge of front cover. Jacket has minimal wear along edges. Photos on request.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The City of Light , the Hidden Journal of the Man Who Entered China Four Years Before Marco Polo
Publisher: Kensington, New York
Publication Date: 2000
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1559725230
ISBN 13: 9781559725231
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition
Condition: Vg+
Dust Jacket Condition: Vg+

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Synopsis

Challenging Marco Polo's status as "first" to enter China, this journal of a scholarly Jewish merchant who sailed into Zaitun four years before the arrival of Polo describes the adventures of a medieval trader and adds another fascinating chapter to the classic encounter between East and West.

Review

Puts Marco's prose in the shade ... far too grand a book to do justice to in a short review ( Robyn Davidson, THE TIMES)

A lost masterpiece of early travel writing, a gutsy fascinating account ( Charles Nicholl, INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY)

One of the most important manuscripts ever discovered ... the extraordinary adventure of a merchant-scholar which will lead us into the past once again blazing with light ( SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)

This book is a many-splendoured achievement.. Moreover it is a feat of scholarship. ( OBSERVER)

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