CAMBM1 Cameron, Nigel: BARBARIANS AND MANDARINS. Thirteen Centuries of Western Travellers in China. Tokyo, 1970. 443 pp. Many plates and illustrations throughout. 25x18 cm. Cloth. GBP 55.00 Beginning with a Nestorian and ending with the diplomats of the Peking Siege, this is a colourful tale of high adventure, delightfully told. It is a book about travellers and their motives - and their reluctant hosts. Good copy in dustjacket. Subjects: Foreigners in Biography Available, as of: 16/01/2010 Was item 53 in printed List 152. Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com. |