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On the first night of spring, young Marco Polo deserted his work in his father's countinghouse and wandered restlessly through the streets of Venice. He entered a wineshop in the hope of talking with some of the foreign people gathered there. The people inside were gambling and... Read Full Overview

Donn Byrne was a storyteller, the last, as he himself explained, of a long line of Irish storytellers. He belonged to the school of the romantic, the rhetorical, the magical--in short to the stylists of storytelling. Here is the convincing and unscholarly tale of Marco Polo's... Read Full Overview

""Messer Marco Polo"" is a novel written by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne, set in the 13th century. The book tells the story of the famous Italian explorer, Marco Polo, and his travels to the court of Kublai Khan in China. The novel is written as a series of letters from Marco Polo... Read Full Overview

'Donn Byrne (Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne) was born in New York City. Shortly after his birth, however, his parents took him back to the land of his forefathers. There he was educated and came to know the people of whom he wrote so magically. At Dublin University his love for the... Read Full Overview

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Messer Marco Polo is a historical novel written by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne. The book is based on the life and travels of Marco Polo, a Venetian explorer who travelled to China and other parts of Asia during the 13th century. The novel follows Marco Polo's journey from Venice... Read Full Overview