Fact Files Oxford Bookworms 2 : Marco Polo And The Silk Road

كتاب Fact Files Oxford Bookworms 2 : Marco Polo And The Silk Road
المؤلف: Janet Hardy-Gould

For a child in the great city of Venice in the thirteenth century , there could be nothing better than the stories of sailors . There were stories of strange animals , wonderful cities , sweet spices , and terrible wild deserts where a traveller could die . One young boy listened , waited , and dreamed . Perhaps one day his father and uncle would return . Perhaps he too could travel with them to great markets in faraway places . For young Marco Polo , later the greatest traveller of his time , a dangerous , exciting world was waiting ... ( Word count 6,700 )