News from Tartary: An Epic Journey Across Central Asia (Tauris

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News from Tartary: An Epic Journey Across Central Asia (Tauris Parke Paperbacks)

News from Tartary describes a phenomenally successful attempt that legendary adventurer Peter Fleming made to travel overland from Peking to Kashmir. The journey took seven months and covered about 3,500 miles. and Motivated largely by curiosity, he set out with his companion Ella Maillart across a China torn by civil war to journey through Xinjiang to British India. It had been eight years since anyone had crossed Xinjiang; in between those who had entered this inhospitable and politically volatile areaâ€”under the control of a warlord supported by Stalin's Red Armyâ€”seldom left alive. Entering the province by a little known route and following the path of the Silk Road, they ended up in Kashgar before crossing the Pamirs to India. Beautifully written and superbly observed, this is not simply an account of a part of the world few of us will ever see, but also a marvellous insight into the last days of the Great Game, when Britain and Russia still faced each other across a Central Asia in a state of anarchy.
Country USA
Brand Tauris Parke Paperbacks
Manufacturer Tauris Parke Paperbacks
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781780765037
ReleaseDate 2014-10-28
EANs 9781780765037

Country	USA
Brand	Tauris Parke Paperbacks
Manufacturer	Tauris Parke Paperbacks
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781780765037
ReleaseDate	2014-10-28
EANs	9781780765037

News from Tartary: An Epic Journey Across Central Asia (Tauris Parke Paperbacks)

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