One's Company is a classic travel book and one of the forerunners of a whole new approach to travel writing which has inspired many a travel writer since, including William Dalrymple who has himself written a book about his travels to China in 1986, In Xanadu. One's Company is set at the time of much political upheaval with the communists infiltrating Manchuria and Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese generalissimo, joining forces with the Japanese in an attempt to halt the spread of communism. The author modestly and with great humour tells the story of his journey from England via the Trans-Siberian Express to China and his subsequent attempts to become the first Westerner to reach the anti-communist front. In order to do so he had to travel the then huge distance from Shanghai to Canton beset by potential dangers and bureaucratic problems, but somewhat eased by his visiting card in Chinese letters showing his name as Fu Lei Ming! Peter Fleming, the brother of Ian, was married to Celia Johnson, and died in 1971. 2 Cassettes - abridged - 3 hrs app. ISBN: 9781873859575 or 1873859570

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