City Of Lingering Splendour
Download and Read City Of Lingering Splendour full books in PDF, ePUB, and Kindle. Read online free City Of Lingering Splendour ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
City of Lingering Splendour
Author | : John Blofeld |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Beijing (China) |
ISBN | : |
Download City of Lingering Splendour Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The author spent many years in China, particularly Peking, where he came to know the language and people well. He became intimate with all sorts of colourful people - silk-clad scholars, Buddhist monks, Taoist sages, actors, countless other strange and delectable dishes.
City of Lingering Splendour Related Books
Language: en
Pages: 284
Pages: 284
Type: BOOK - Published: 1961 - Publisher:
The author spent many years in China, particularly Peking, where he came to know the language and people well. He became intimate with all sorts of colourful pe
Language: en
Pages: 281
Pages: 281
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-05-01 - Publisher: Shambhala Publications
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 breathtaki
Language: en
Pages: 708
Pages: 708
Type: BOOK - Published: 1975 - Publisher: Indiana University Press
A comprehensive anthology of Chinese poetry from the 12th century B.C. to the present. "This magnificent collection has the effect of a complete library rather
Language: en
Pages: 197
Pages: 197
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-07-14 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
In the twentieth century, China underwent a monumental dynastic change and was transformed from an outmoded monarchy into a modern communist state. This century
Language: en
Pages: 0
Pages: 0
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-13 - Publisher: National Geographic Books
She is the embodiment of selfless love, the supreme symbol of radical compassion, and, for more than a millennium throughout Asia, she has been revered as “Th