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City of Lingering Splendour : A Frank Account of Old Peking's Exotic Pleasures
City of Lingering Splendour A Frank Account of Old Peking's Exotic Pleasures
Author: John Blofeld
In his early twenties, John Blofeld spent what he describes as three exquisitely happy years" in Peking during the era of the last emperor, when the breathtaking greatness of China's ancient traditions was still everywhere evident. Arriving in 1934, he found a city imbued with the atmosphere of the recent imperial past and haunted by the powerfu...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781570626371
ISBN-10: 1570626375
Publication Date: 5/1/2001
Pages: 280
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Publisher: Shambhala
Book Type: Paperback
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