In Xanadu A Quest Author:William Dalrymple Waiting for his exam results to come through, William Dalrymple decides to fill in his summer break by travelling. But the trip he plans is no light-hearted student jaunt - he decides to retrace the epic journey of Marco Polo from Jerusalem to Xanadu, the ruins of the palace of Kubla Khan, north of Peking. Intelligent and funny, In Xanadu... more » is travel writing at its best.« less