Laurence Bergreen is the author of Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu, a groundbreaking biography of the iconic traveler, published by Knopf in 2007. His most recent book is Columbus: The Four Voyages, a New York Times bestseller, published by Viking in 2011, and available as a Penguin trade paperback in September 2012. His books have been translated into twenty-five languages worldwide.
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In Episodes 6 and 7 of Marco Polo, the women of the Mongol and Song empires take center stage. More
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Episodes four and five of Marco Polo are filled with intrigue—but what of the achievements of the real Kublai Khan? More
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In episodes two and three, Marco Polo takes more than a few historical liberties. More
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Netflix’s Marco Polo chronicles the adventures of the Renaissance traveler. But does the TV epic do its historical figures justice? More