Contributor(s):Author: Isabella L.
Bird Foreword by: Graham Earnshaw Isabella Bird was one of the greatest travelers and travel writers of all time, and this is her last major book, a sympathetic look at inland China and beyond into Tibet at the end of the 19th century.
In describing the journey, Isabella provides a rich mix of observations and describes two occasions when she is almost killed by anti-foreign mobs.
It many ways, Isabella created the model for travel writing today, and this one of her greatest works.
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