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IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MARCO POLO

Written by Stanley Johnson
Published by Telensky International Editions Limited in 2024
ISBN: 9788090561892

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IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MARCO POLO
Written by Stanley Johnson.
Stock no. 1831135
1st. 2024. Hardback. Large format. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Stanley Johnson, accompanied by his youngest son Max, sets off from China’s far western border with Pakistan to undertake an epic Silk Road journey of some 5,000km to Beijing. The father-and-son duo follow the ancient trading route taken by the Venetian merchant, Marco Polo, 700 years ago. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to front board. Colour photos. 224 pages. ISBN: 9788090561892. SIGNED by the author with dedication to front endpaper and also title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top edge and very lightly scuffed.

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Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • PART ONE: TRACKING MARCO POLO, JUNE 1961-MAY 2023
  • Chapter 1 Oxford, England 1960-61
  • Chapter 2 Three Men on a Motorcycle
  • Chapter 3 'Mango Juice, Sahib?'
  • Chapter 4 The Grand Trunk Road, Calcutta, Bombay and home
  • Chapter 5 Newdigate Poetry Prize Debt to Marco Polo
  • Chapter 6 To China - at Last! 1975
  • Chapter 7 Looking Ahead
  • Chapter 8 Returning To China, December 1986
  • Chapter 9 A Visit to the Chinese Embassy, January-February 2020
  • Chapter 10 OneTribeTV Comes on Board
  • Chapter 11 Enter Dr Rana
  • Chapter 12 False Start
  • Chapter 13 Dr Telensky Commissions a Bust
  • PART TWO: TRACKING MARCO POLO IN CHINA, MAY-JUNE 2023
  • Chapter 14 Leaving England - High Pamirs
  • Chapter 15 Buzkashi
  • Chapter 16 Tashkurgan
  • Chapter 17 Panlong Ancient Highway
  • Chapter 18 A Short Walk in the Cryosphere
  • Chapter 19 Kashgar I
  • Chapter 20 Kashgar II
  • Chapter 21 Muqam Music
  • Chapter 22 Hotan Jade and Carpets
  • Chapter 23 The Heruo Desert Railway
  • Chapter 24 Miran: Lost City of the Desert
  • Chapter 25 The Mogao Caves of Dunhuang
  • Chapter 26 Singing Sands and Crescent Moon Lake
  • Chapter 27 Shouhang Power Plant, Gansu
  • Chapter 28 Jiayuguan Pass and Great Wall of China
  • Chapter 29 Zhangye - The Sleeping Buddha Temple
  • Chapter 30 Zhanghye's Rainbow Mountains
  • Chapter 31 Lanzhou - Pizza parlour encounter and Zhongshan Brige
  • Chapter 32 Oodles of Noodles
  • Chapter 33 How Did Marco Polo Cross the Yellow River
  • Chapter 34 Ningxia Vineyards
  • Chapter 35 Helan Mountain Rock Paintings
  • Chapter 36 Mimi's Magic Carpet and Zhenbeibu China West Film Studio
  • Chapter 37 Genghis Khan Mausoleum
  • Chapter 38 Mongolian Steppe Cowboys
  • Chapter 39 Mongolian Wrestling
  • Chapter 40 Mongolian Bows and Arrows
  • Chapter 41 Xanadu I - 'In Xanadu did Kubla Khan'
  • Chapter 42 Xanadu II - The Summer Palace
  • Chapter 43 Highway 66 and the Grass Skyline Drive
  • Chapter 44 The Great Wall: Juyong Pass
  • Chapter 45 The Marco Polo Bridge
  • Chapter 46 The Forbidden City
  • Chapter 47 Departure
  • Postscript
  • Other Books by the author