In Xanadu - A Quest(English, Paperback, Dalrymple William)

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In Xanadu - A Quest(English, Paperback, Dalrymple William) is written by Dalrymple William and published by Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0143031074 (ISBN 10) and 9780143031079 (ISBN 13).

In Xanadu is a travel book by William Dalrymple. Summary of the Book After his exams, Dalrymple decides to spend his summer break on a trip. He chooses to retrace the steps of Marco Polo in his epic journey from Jerusalem to Xanadu, the ruined palace of Kubla Khan, north of Peking. On this journey he is accompanied by a girl he met at a dinner party two weeks before he set out. For the second half of his journey, he is joined by his ex-girlfriend. Offering his wit and humour along with his vast knowledge of history and the geography of the path he travels, Dalrymple paints a picturesque description which brings a lost world and an epic journey alive. About William Dalrymple William Dalrymple is a British historian, writer, art historian and speaker. One of the co-founders and co-directors of the annual Jaipur Literature Festival, Dalrymple was appointed a Whitney J. Oates Visiting Fellow in the Humanities by Princeton University. Dalrymple is an acclaimed historian and a graduate of Ampleforth College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He has also written City of Djinns, The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi 1857 and Return of a King – The Battle for Afghanistan.