Travels in the Land of Serpents and Pearls

''You will hear it for yourselves, and it will surely fill you with wonder...''

In this selection from Marco Polo''s famous travel book, the intrepid Venetian describes the customs of India, recounts the story of the king who died eighty-four times and explains how to retrieve diamonds from snake-infested caves...

Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin''s 80th birthday. Little Black...