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In Xanadu, A Quest
by William Dalrymple
- TRAVEL NARRATIVE
- 2000
- PAPER
- 319 PAGES
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An informative, entertaining account of an epic journey mostly in the footsteps of Marco Polo from Jerusalem through the Middle East and along the Silk Route to Central Asia and China. Bureau Chief for a London newspaper in New Delhi, an intrepid traveler, and entertaining writer, Dalrymple offers an anecdotal history of the people and places he encounters en route. Originally published in 1990.
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