The Bone Clocks National Book Award for Nonfiction (2010) Robin Brown rescues Marco Polo

Robin Brown rescues Marco Polo from the lampooned clown figure he became

A delightful

criminal courts and truth commissions

He shares for the first time his broader vision to promote peace through education and literacy

The Bone Clocks National Book Award for Nonfiction (2010) Robin Brown rescues Marco PoloRun away, one drowsy summer's afternoon, with Holly Sykes: wayward teenager, broken hearted rebel and unwitting pawn in a titanic, hidden conflict. Over six decades, the consequences of a moment's impulse unfold, drawing an ordinary woman into a world far beyond her imagining. And as life in the near future turns perilous, the pledge she made to a stranger may become the key to her family's survival . . .