News from Tartary : an epic journey across Central Asia / / Peter Fleming |
Autore | Fleming Peter <1907-1971, > |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, New York : , : Tauris Parke Paperbacks, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (480 p.) |
Disciplina | 915.16044 |
ISBN | 0-85773-495-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
About the Author; Bookreview; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Part I Heading for Trouble; I Zero Hour; II Heroine; III Two's Company?; IV The Forbidden Province; V Exiles and Armaments; VI Nightmare Train; VII Railhead; VIII Fits and Starts; IX A Lorry and the Liu Pan Shan; X Open Arrest; Part II The Skin of Our Teeth; I The Mountain Road; II Defeat?; III Confined to Barracks; IV The Great Lamasery; V Escape from Officialdom; VI The Good Samaritans; Part III Into the Blue; I Travelling Light; II The Prince of Dzun; III The Demon's Lake
IV The Caravan MarchesV Winds and Wild Asses; VI Night-March to the End of the World; Part IV No Man's Land; I The Lost City; II Patience; III Empty Days; IV The Good Companions; V Travelling Blind; VI Borodishin Takes Charge; Part V No Picnic; I The Gorges of the Boron Kol; II Lost; III The Turbaned-Heads; IV Birthday; V Casualties; VI We Say Good-Bye to Slalom; VII Grass, Men, News; VIII Thalassa Thalassa; IX Brave New World; X Rule Britannia; Part VI The Desert Road; I Dirty Work; II The Red Army Lends a Hand; III Russia Racketeers; IV The New Imperialists; V Cherchen; VI Thirst VII Such Quantities of SandVIII A Cuckoo-Clock in Keriya; IX Rebels Don't Care; X Khotan; XI The Vanished Leader; XII The Last of Tungan Territory; XIII Hoboes on Horseback; Part VII The Roof of the World; I Kashgar-Les-Bains; II Wings Over Turkistan; III Into the Pamirs; IV The Last Town in China; V The Russian Agent; VI The Pass of a Thousand Ibex; VII News from Home; VIII A Thousand Welcomes; IX Sahibs; X Gilgit at Last; XI Last Lap; XII Triumphal Entry; Notes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787027103321 |
Fleming Peter <1907-1971, > | ||
London ; ; New York, New York : , : Tauris Parke Paperbacks, , 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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News from Tartary : an epic journey across Central Asia / / Peter Fleming |
Autore | Fleming Peter <1907-1971, > |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, New York : , : Tauris Parke Paperbacks, , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (480 p.) |
Disciplina | 915.16044 |
ISBN | 0-85773-495-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
About the Author; Bookreview; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Part I Heading for Trouble; I Zero Hour; II Heroine; III Two's Company?; IV The Forbidden Province; V Exiles and Armaments; VI Nightmare Train; VII Railhead; VIII Fits and Starts; IX A Lorry and the Liu Pan Shan; X Open Arrest; Part II The Skin of Our Teeth; I The Mountain Road; II Defeat?; III Confined to Barracks; IV The Great Lamasery; V Escape from Officialdom; VI The Good Samaritans; Part III Into the Blue; I Travelling Light; II The Prince of Dzun; III The Demon's Lake
IV The Caravan MarchesV Winds and Wild Asses; VI Night-March to the End of the World; Part IV No Man's Land; I The Lost City; II Patience; III Empty Days; IV The Good Companions; V Travelling Blind; VI Borodishin Takes Charge; Part V No Picnic; I The Gorges of the Boron Kol; II Lost; III The Turbaned-Heads; IV Birthday; V Casualties; VI We Say Good-Bye to Slalom; VII Grass, Men, News; VIII Thalassa Thalassa; IX Brave New World; X Rule Britannia; Part VI The Desert Road; I Dirty Work; II The Red Army Lends a Hand; III Russia Racketeers; IV The New Imperialists; V Cherchen; VI Thirst VII Such Quantities of SandVIII A Cuckoo-Clock in Keriya; IX Rebels Don't Care; X Khotan; XI The Vanished Leader; XII The Last of Tungan Territory; XIII Hoboes on Horseback; Part VII The Roof of the World; I Kashgar-Les-Bains; II Wings Over Turkistan; III Into the Pamirs; IV The Last Town in China; V The Russian Agent; VI The Pass of a Thousand Ibex; VII News from Home; VIII A Thousand Welcomes; IX Sahibs; X Gilgit at Last; XI Last Lap; XII Triumphal Entry; Notes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818312703321 |
Fleming Peter <1907-1971, > | ||
London ; ; New York, New York : , : Tauris Parke Paperbacks, , 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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