News from Tartary: A Journey from Peking to KashmirNorthwestern University Press, 1999 - 384 Seiten 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. |
Inhalt
FOREWORD II | 11 |
PART ONE HEADING FOR TROUBLE | 15 |
ZERO HOUR | 17 |
HEROINE | 21 |
TWOS COMPANY? | 26 |
THE FORBIDDEN PROVINCE | 29 |
EXILES AND ARMAMENTS | 34 |
NIGHTMARE TRAIN | 41 |
BIRTHDAY | 201 |
CASUALTIES | 205 |
WE SAY GOODBYE TO SLALOM | 212 |
GRASS MEN NEWS | 219 |
THALASSA THALASSA | 226 |
BRAVE NEW WORLD | 233 |
RULE BRITANNIA | 238 |
PART SIX THE DESERT ROAD | 243 |
RAILHEAD | 46 |
FITS AND STARTS | 50 |
A LORRY AND THE LIU PAN SHAN | 55 |
OPEN ARREST | 61 |
PART TWO THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH | 69 |
THE MOUNTAIN ROAD | 71 |
DEFEAT? | 76 |
CONFINED TO BARRACKS | 80 |
THE GREAT LAMASERY | 86 |
ESCAPE FROM OFFICIALDOM | 92 |
GOOD SAMARITANS | 97 |
PART THREE INTO THE BLUE | 105 |
TRAVELLING LIGHT | 107 |
THE PRINCE OF DZUN III | 111 |
THE DEMONS LAKE | 118 |
THE CARAVAN MARCHES | 123 |
WINDS AND WILD ASSES | 130 |
NIGHTMARCH TO THE END OF THE WORLD | 137 |
PART FOUR NO MANS LAND | 145 |
THE LOST CITY | 147 |
PATIENCE | 154 |
EMPTY DAYS | 159 |
THE GOOD COMPANIONS | 165 |
TRAVELLING BLIND | 171 |
BORODIS HIN TAKES CHARGE | 175 |
PART FIVE NO PICNIC | 183 |
THE GORGES OF THE BORON KOL | 185 |
LOST | 191 |
THE TURBANEDHEADS | 196 |
DIRTY WORK | 245 |
THE RED ARMY LENDS A HAND | 250 |
RUSSIA RACKETEERS | 256 |
THE NEW IMPERIALISTS | 259 |
CHERCHEN | 266 |
THIRST | 271 |
SUCH QUANTITIES OF SAND | 277 |
A CUCKOOCLOCK IN KERIYA | 283 |
REBELS DONT CARE | 288 |
KHOTAN | 294 |
THE VANISHED LEADER | 300 |
THE LAST OF TUNGAN TERRITORY | 307 |
HOBOES ON HORSEBACK | 313 |
PART SEVEN THE ROOF OF THE WORLD | 321 |
KASHGARLESBAINS | 323 |
WINGS OVER TURKISTAN | 329 |
INTO THE PAMIRS | 333 |
THE LAST TOWN IN CHINA | 339 |
THE RUSSIAN AGENT | 345 |
THE PASS OF A THOUSAND IBEX | 350 |
NEWS FROM HOME | 354 |
A THOUSAND WELCOMES | 360 |
SAHIBS | 365 |
GILGIT AT LAST | 370 |
LAST LAP | 374 |
TRIUMPHAL ENTRY | 379 |
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