One's Company - A Journey to China

One's Company - A Journey to China
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Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 9781447485605
ISBN-13 : 1447485602
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Book Synopsis One's Company - A Journey to China by : Peter Fleming

Download or read book One's Company - A Journey to China written by Peter Fleming and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-01-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Fleming was special correspondent for The Times in the 1930s, He was tasked with 'investigating the communist situation in south China', little did his bosses realise he would create a new type of travel writing. Travelling for seven months through Russia on the Trans-Siberian Express to Manchuria and onwards to China. A book Full of humour and insightful social commentary about a part of the world few had travelled through in 1934. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.


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