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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. I had read Aztec previously and this book was based on the same formula, still I kept reading because it was a different setting. If a man is to have a fault, it should be a passionate one, like insatiable curiosity. There are a couple of interesting discrepancies between the biography and the novel. Virgins were priced above all, seemingly by almost all the races. It is a fictionalized account of the travels and adventures of Marco Polo in the 's I think. While I did enjoy the Journeyer I would have to say that it was not a great read.

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There is a lot of interesting detail about cultural traits and knowledge that we still use today. But I credit him for the historical accuracy when it comes to geography, events, Gary Jennings is not for the faint-hearted.

Marco also became a more rounded character as he became a jaded, wearied traveller towards the end, especially when he settled down with Hui-sheng in Asia and started to interact with the cultures he was viewing more. And comparatively speaking, "Journeyer" sort of rambles while "Aztec" is more focused, centralized, and more exciting.

Unfortunately, the sex and violence were so unpalatable that I will probably not read another book by this author.

Book Review: The Journeyer – by Gary Jennings | Norbert Haupt

Mongol greeting Meanwhile, the Mongol folk, who do not care much jennnings face, are smearing molasses on the faces of their jennlngs gods. It has since helped me realize that life is the journey and when I feel stuck or unable to shed myself of unhealthy things to which I've been accustomed, I read this book again.

I read it because my mom had just finished it. Had they not, I might not be alive today.

They do not like to be reminded that it merely derives from some other people's original. The second half of the book was well articulated and presented, and the world was believable and slightly magical.

That really hooked the history buff in me. This is my favorite Jennings novel. I have read numerous articles about Genghis Khan and his grandson Kublai Khan, and I have resolved to find more historical fiction about the period. Come hither, you people of all degrees, who wish to see the many faces of mankind and to know the diversities of the whole world! Good job with that, but there is this still this bothersome matter gry the lack novelizing or storytelling.

How jenninfs one finance a trip of three years one way? She pulled down her old Arabic dictionary and discovered that the term was used in this context in the 13th centurygreat wit, obscenity the circumstances in which Nostril is captured jehnings the slavers As Polo blasts people, he blasts religions.

Takes about pages to get going, but jennkngs the ending after a pages you wish there could be another I LOVE this book. We learn about the sexuality of the people along the way. This cost 2 stars.

The Journeyer - Gary Jennings

His novels were international best sellers, praised around the world for their stylish prose, lively wit and adventurously bawdy spirit. Before I let the quotes I selected speak for themselves, I would just mention that the novel is more than a travelogue, especially after the arrival at the court of Kublai Khan when Marco gets mixed up in palace politics, espionage, governorships and military conquests.

Otherwise they preferred boys, pretty boys.

All of that said, I did finish the book and loved the research-based history. May 23, Jenninvs Anne rated it it was amazing. I enjoyed reading about the dominant role religions played in shaping human culture through the centuries. Jennings is not trying to be politically correct in this book.

Marco, along with gzry father Niccilo and uncle Maffeo, traveled from Venice to the eastern Mediterranean Levant and all the way across Asia and back. I've read it three times now, and each time it gets better and I discover new details. Some have cast doubt on the authenticity of his work. However, for a page novel, it does not jeninngs like Shogun, because it is not action oriented. I feel like I would have liked this better if this was my first Gary Jennings novel.

Others, like the Armenians, Persians, Arabs, were lower yet. Believe me, an experienced traveler makes plans and takes pains 'not' to have such adventures.