A Dance with the Dragon

Resumen del libro

With its fossil hunters and philosophers, diplomats, dropouts, writers and explorers, missionaries and refugees, Peking's foreign community in the early 20th century was as exotic as the city itself. Always a magnet for larger than life individuals, Peking attracted characters as diverse as Reginald Johnston (tutor to the last emperor), Bertrand Russell, Pierre Loti, Rabrindranath Tagore, Sven Hedin, Peter Fleming, Wallis Simpson and Cecil Lewis. The last great capital to remain untouched by the modern world, Peking both entranced and horrified its foreign residents. Ignoring the poverty outside their gates, they danced, played and squabbled among themselves, oblivious to the great political events that were to shape modern China unfolding around them. This is a dazzling portrait of an eclectic foreign community and of China itself.

Biografía del autor

p Julia Boyd es autora de varios libros, entre los que destaca i Viajeros en el Tercer Reich, /i ganador del premio de historia del i LA Times /i y libro del año según el i Spectator. /i Boyd es actualmente miembro del consejo de administración del Wigmore Hall y ha sido miembro de los consejos de la English-Speaking Union y la Fundación en Memoria de Winston Churchill.<br>