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Название книги: The Journeyer
Автор(ы): Gary Jennings
Жанр: Исторические приключения
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When Marco Polo lay on his deathbed,



his priest, his friends and relations



clustered around him to plead that he



at last renounce the countless lies he



had related as his true adventures, so his



soul would go cleansed to Heaven. The



old man raised up, roundly damned them



all and declared, “I have not told



the half of what I saw and did!”



ACCORDING TO



FRA JACOPO D’ACQUI,



MARCO POLO’S CONTEMPORARY



AND HIS FIRST BIOGRAPHER








Come hither, great princes! Come hither, emperors and kings, dukes and marquises, knights and burgesses! Come hither, you people of all degrees, who wish to