Carol Gaskin

Caravan to China is a departure from many of the entries in the Time Machine series in that it occurs during the Middle Ages. Or near the end of it to be exact. Historically summarizing, there's pre-history and then ancient times, which culminated with the fall of the great Roman Empire, and then a scattered period for humanity commonly known as the Dark Ages or Middle Ages, followed by the Renaissance Age and eventually the Modern Age.

Marco Polo is one of those rare historical figures from the Middle Ages whose biography stands out during a time when recorded history was still recovering from a long knowledge drought.… (mehr)