A non-fiction book, ideal for pre-intermediate and intermediatelearners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded andeasy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listenat the same time as reading.For a child in the great city of Venice in the thirteenth century, there could be nothing better than thestories of sailors. There were stories of strange animals, wonderfulcities, sweet spices, and terrible wild deserts where a travellercould die. One young boy listened, waited, and dreamed. Perhaps oneday his father and uncle would return. Perhaps he too could travelwith them to great markets in faraway places. For young Marco Polo,later the greatest traveller of his time, a dangerous, exciting worldwas waiting ...
A non-fiction book, ideal for pre-intermediate and intermediatelearners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded andeasy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listenat the same time as reading.For a child in the great city of Venice in the thirteenth century, there could be nothing better than thestories of sailors. There were stories of strange animals, wonderfulcities, sweet spices, and terrible wild deserts where a travellercould die. One young boy listened, waited, and dreamed. Perhaps oneday his father and uncle would return. Perhaps he too could travelwith them to great markets in faraway places. For young Marco Polo,later the greatest traveller of his time, a dangerous, exciting worldwas waiting ...
