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Overview
Legendary trader and explorer Marco Polo was nicknamed "Marco of the millions" because his Venetian countrymen took the grandiose stories of his travels to be exaggerated, if not outright lies. As he lay dying, his priest, family, and friends offered him a last chance to confess his mendacity, and Marco, it is said, replied, "I have not told the half of what I saw and did."
Now Gary Jennings has imagined the half left unsaid as even more elaborate and adventurous than Polo's tall tales. From the palazzi and back streets of medieval Venice to the sumptuous court of Kublai Khan, Marco meets all manner of people, survives all manner of danger, and becomes an almost compulsive collector of customs, languages, and women.
Synopsis
Legendary trader and explorer Marco Polo was nicknamed "Marco of the millions" because his Venetian countrymen took the grandiose stories of his travels to be exaggerated, if not outright lies. As he lay dying, his priest, family, and friends offered him a last chance to confess his mendacity, and Marco, it is said, replied, "I have not told the half of what I saw and did."
Now Gary Jennings has imagined the half left unsaid as even more elaborate and adventurous than Polo's tall tales. From the palazzi and back streets of medieval Venice to the sumptuous court of Kublai Khan, Marco meets all manner of people, survives all manner of danger, and becomes an almost compulsive collector of customs, languages, and women.
The Washington Post
Fabulous. . . . Sumptuous and exceedingly bawdy.
Editorials
Library Journal
A novel of epic proportions.Publishers Weekly
Relentlessly gripping.Newsweek
Pound for pound, The Journeyer is a classic.—Gene Lyons
Miami Herald
Remarkable . . .Extraordinary . . . Recreates a whole lost civilization.
From the Publisher
"Superb."--The New York Times on The Journeyer
"Astonishing and titillating."--The Chicago Tribune on The Journeyer
"Fabulous. . . .Sumptuous and exceedingly bawdy."--The Washington Post on The Journeyer
"He enlivens his picaresque story with wonderfully detailed descriptions of the landscape, climate, flora and fauna Polo encountered along the way. The real energy of Gary Jennings's narrative is devoted to those old standbys lust and bloodlust. His zeal for clinical description of sexual practices is matched only by his enthusiasm for the minutiae of Oriental torture. Pound for pound, The Journeyer is a classic."---Gene Lyons, Newsweek
"A novel of epic proportions."--Library Journal on The Journeyer
"As Gary Jennings did for pre-Hispanic Mexico in Aztec, he has enriched The Journeyer with an anthropologist's knowledge of diverse lands and cultures. . . . Jennings combines inexhaustible research with the yarn-spinner's art, drawing indelible portraits of Marco and his companions on the long journey. Stunning . . . You'll never want it to end. "--Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Perfect entertainment."--Philadelphia Inquirer on The Journeyer
"Employing both great sweep and meticulous detail, Gary Jennings has produced an impressively learned gem of the astounding and the titillating."--Chicago Tribune Book World on The Journeyer
"A first-rate narrative. . .spiced with bawdy tales and bizarre customs . . . Sensual delights. . . Jennings is a superb storyteller."--Houston Post on The Journeyer
"Wild adventure . . . endlessly intriguing . . . constantly surprising."--Atlantic Monthly on The Journeyer
"Relentlessly gripping."--Publishers Weekly on The Journeyer
"Remarkable . . .Extraordinary . . . Recreates a whole lost civilization."--Miami Herald on The Journeyer
Newsweek -
Pound for pound, The Journeyer is a classic.
Los Angeles Times Book Review
Stunning . . . You'll never want it to end.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Perfect entertainment.
Houston Post
A first-rate narrative....Jennings is a superb storyteller.
Atlantic Monthly
Wild adventure . . . endlessly intriguing . . . constantly surprising.
The New York Times
Superb.
The Chicago Tribune
Astonishing and titillating.
The Washington Post
Fabulous. . . .Sumptuous and exceedingly bawdy.