Greg Jenner

Okay, so he's in a Genoese prison. He has survived 24 years in the court of the terrifyingly, you know, famously fearsome Kublai Khan. He has survived thousands of miles of voyages. He's survived everything you can. He gets back home, and four years later, he's in jail. It's not ideal. It's quite bad luck.

Okay, so he's in a Genoese prison. He has survived 24 years in the court of the terrifyingly, you know, famously fearsome Kublai Khan. He has survived thousands of miles of voyages. He's survived everything you can. He gets back home, and four years later, he's in jail. It's not ideal. It's quite bad luck.

He was just coasting around going, hello, hello, hello.

He was just coasting around going, hello, hello, hello.

So unlucky for him. Lucky for us, though, because, Sharon, we get the book because his cellmate is a renowned writer with a lovely name, Rusticello.

So unlucky for him. Lucky for us, though, because, Sharon, we get the book because his cellmate is a renowned writer with a lovely name, Rusticello.

You've gone through the hard work of all that scribbling in the cell. It's probably not very good lighting.

You've gone through the hard work of all that scribbling in the cell. It's probably not very good lighting.

That's the thing, isn't it? He extracted these stories from him. And the book, as you said earlier, Sharon, is not called Travels of Marco Polo. It is called Description of the World, composed in 1298, dictated to Rustichello. Rustichello. Thank you. Thank you.

That's the thing, isn't it? He extracted these stories from him. And the book, as you said earlier, Sharon, is not called Travels of Marco Polo. It is called Description of the World, composed in 1298, dictated to Rustichello. Rustichello. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

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Thank you. Thank you.