Doug McPhillips 
Master of The Arts [EPUB ebook] 
The Untold Story of Rustichello da Pisa – Marco Polo’s Forgotten Chronicler

This captivating blended-genre narrative resurrects one of history’s most fascinating collaborations – the unlikely partnership between Marco Polo and his prison-cell chronicler, Rustichello da Pisa.

While Marco’s travels mesmerized Europe, the extraordinary life of his scribe remained untold… until now.

Weaving together verified history with imaginative reconstruction, this book reveals:

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  • The 17 years Marco Polo served as Kublai Khan’s diplomat
  
  
  • The brutal Venice-Genoa war that imprisoned both men
  
  
  • How Rustichello transformed Polo’s oral accounts into a literary masterpiece
  
  
  • The forgotten artistic genius of ‘The Travels of Marco Polo’ co-author
  
  
  • A profound meditation on how stories transcend their creators
  
  

✔ The dramatic prison encounter that birthed history’s greatest travelogue

✔ Rustichello’s journey from war prisoner to celebrated ‘Master of The Arts’

✔ New perspectives on Marco Polo’s legendary service to Kublai Khan

✔ The price of adventure in the medieval world

✔ How divine gifts manifest through perseverance