City of Lingering Splendour: A Frank Account of Old Peking's Exotic Pleasures by John Blofeld

City of Lingering Splendour: A Frank Account of Old Peking's Exotic Pleasures

John Blofeld

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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 breathtaking greatness of China's ancient traditions was still everywhere evident. Arriving in 19...

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