The Yangtze Valley And Beyond 豆瓣
作者:
Isabella L. Bird
出版社:
China Economic Review Publishing Ltd
2008
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Isabella Bird was one of the greatest travelers and travel writers of all time, and this is her last major book, a sympathetic look at inland China and beyond into Tibet at the end of the 19th century. In describing the journey, Isabella provides a rich mix of observations and describes two occasions when she is almost killed by anti-foreign mobs. It many ways, Isabella created the model for travel writing today, and this one of her greatest works.