The tiger of the seas (Marco Polo - Vol. 3)

In 13th-century China, Marco Polo is at the height of his glory. The Great Khan entrusts him with a secret mission: to write the history of the empire. Set between 1282 and 1324, *The Sea Tiger*, the third volume in Muriel Romana's *Marco Polo* series, is the final episode in the life of a man who became a myth, inspiring great travelers from Christopher Columbus to Ferdinand Magellan. At a time when the White Lotus sect is fomenting plots and assassinations, a mysterious fire destroys all copies of the Great Khan's book, at the same time as the unexplained death of the heir to the throne befalls the court. Marco Polo's son then finds himself implicated in a plot against the emperor. Losing his illusions, the traveler realizes that he will always be an unwelcome foreigner in the country he loved so much. With great regret, he leaves China with his entire family. Finally returning to Venice, Marco Polo finds that no one believes his stories. And it is in prison, where he serves time for participating in a war against Genoa, that he will finally be able to honor the promise he made to the Great Khan, writing The Book of Marvels, which will remain as the definitive testimony of his fabulous adventure. Begun in The Venetian Caravan, the Marco Polo series, by Muriel Romana, continued with Beyond the Great Wall and reaches its conclusion in The Tiger of the Seas.