News from Tartary: A Journey from Peking to Kashmir

Originally published in 1936, News from Tartary is the story of a journey from Peking through the mysterious province of Sinkiang, to India. Fleming tells the story in his inimitable manner, dismissing the difficulties with irony and describing events and developments with humor and brilliant color, and his account is a classic of travel writing as well as a brilliant description of a vanished time and way of life.


Author: Peter Fleming
Publisher: Marlboro Press
Published: 10/25/1999
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.29w x 0.86d
ISBN13: 9780810160712
ISBN10: 0810160714
BISAC Categories:
- Travel | Essays & Travelogues

About the Author

Peter Fleming (1907-1971), the brother of novelist Ian Fleming, wrote for the London Evening Standard, the Spectator, the BBC, and the Times of London. His travels took him to Mexico, Brazil, Russia, China, Japan, Tibet, and Manchuria. He died in a hunting accident in Scotland.