Marco Polo, a big-budget saga with occasional references to the real-life 13th-century Italian merchant who hung out with Kublai Khan, is compelling and action-packed — eventually. First, viewers must ...

From left, Benedict Wong, Uli Latukefu and Lorenzo Richelmy in a battle scene from Netflix’s historical drama “Marco Polo.” Phil Bray for Netflix International sagas such as HBO’s “Game of Thrones” ...

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Three years after returning home from his fabulous 24-year journey to the East, Marco Polo, a Venetian naval commander captured by the Genoese in 1298, found himself sharing a cell with a Tuscan ...

Showrunner John Fusco is obsessed with the real-life titular character of his Netflix series, “Marco Polo.” He’s also all about the streaming service’s content distribution method of dumping an entire ...

Polo’s father and uncle may have been responsible for bringing Venice its most iconic symbol, the Lion of St. Mark.

It's been a while since I took a history class, but it's only been like five months since it was summer vacation. So I can't be the only person who still thinks "swimming pool" when I hear Marco Polo, ...

They think it more likely that the Venetian merchant adventurer picked up second-hand stories of China, Japan and the Mongol Empire from Persian merchants whom he met on the shores of the Black Sea – ...

Note: This is a review for the entire first season of Marco Polo, which consists of 10 episodes. There are mild spoilers but it's intended to be safe for those who have yet to watch the series.