The Great Wall
by John Man | 
The Gutenberg Revolution
by John Man | 
Attila The Hun
by John Man | 
Marco Polo
by Laurence Bergreen | 
The Terracotta Army
by John Man | 
The Greater Journey
by David McCullough | 
London
by Peter Ackroyd | 
Last Train to Paradise
by Les Standiford | 
Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure
by Matthew Algeo | 
Captain James Cook
by Richard Hough | 
Thames
by Peter Ackroyd | 
The Adventures of Ibn Battuta
by Ross E. Dunn | 
Explorers of the Nile
by Tim Jeal | 
Younghusband
by Patrick French | 
Latin America Diaries
by Ernesto Che Guevara |
The Wilder Shores of Love
by Lesley Blanch | 
The Emperor's Last Island
by Julia Blackburn | 
The Man Who Loved China
by Simon Winchester | 
The Horse that Leaps Through Clouds
by Eric Enno Tamm | 
Return to Dragon Mountain
by Jonathan D. Spence |
Marco Polo's journey from Venice, through Europe and most of Asia, to the court of Kublai Khan in China is one of the most audacious in history. His account of his experiences, known simply as The Travels, uncovered an entirely new world of emperors and concubines, great buildings - 'stately pleasure domes' in Coleridge's dreaming - huge armies and imperial riches. His book shaped the West's understanding of China for hundreds of years.