Just as Marco Polo's own account of his adventures and explorations in the East will always be counted one of the world's treasures among travel books, so Donn Byrne's story of the Venetian merchant's love for the daughter of Kubla Khan is considered one of the world's most glowing romances. Told with a fiery intensity and with a magical evocation of the splendors of its Oriental background, this love story stirs the imagination. Its appeal is for everyone who has ever dreamed of far places and the excitement of strange encounters.