Penguin Little Black Classics 16 – Travels in the Land of Serpents and Pearls
When I approached Penguin Little Black Classics number 16, there was a particular sense of excitement. Marco Polo and his famous travels had been part of our schoolbooks, but I had never actually read him. And this selection, Travels in the Land of Serpents and Pearls, was about something even more intriguing: his experience…