News from Tartary by Peter Fleming audiobook review

News from Tartary by Peter Fleming | Free Audiobook

By Peter Fleming

Narrated by Richard Mitchley

🎧 11 hours and 46 minutes 📘 Audible Studios 📅 September 11, 2012 🌐 English

About This Audiobook

For most travellers, and all merchants, the road from China to India lies as it has lain for centuries, through Singkiang along that ancient Silk Road which is the most romantic and culturally the most important trade route in the history of the world. In 1935 Peter Fleming set out to travel that route, from Peking to Kashmir. It was a journey which swept him and his companion 3500 miles across the roof of the world. It took them seven months to complete the journey.

They travelled across deserts and mountains, through ice and sand and into some of the most beautiful, mysterious and dangerous areas in the world. His account of that journey is filled with endurance and adventure, with strange encounters in the wilderness, with tales of Chinese, Mongol tribesmem and Indians, and with a spirited sense of humour and courage.

Our Review of News from Tartary

News from Tartary is a wonderful armchair adventure. Peter Fleming writes about travel with vivid detail and infectious curiosity. The audiobook format makes you feel like you are exploring the world from your headphones.

Why Listen to News from Tartary as an Audiobook?

Listening to News from Tartary is like having a well-traveled friend share their best stories. Richard Mitchley delivers a stellar narration that brings the story to life. At 11 hours and 46 minutes, it is the perfect length to fully immerse yourself. Inspiring, informative, and full of wanderlust.

What You Will Discover

Explore the world through News from Tartary. For most travellers, and all merchants, the road from China to India lies as it has lain for centuries, through Singkiang along that ancient Silk… A journey that broadens your horizons.

Who Is This Audiobook For?

Travelers, dreamers, and culture lovers will adore News from Tartary. Fans of Peter Fleming and armchair adventures, pack your headphones and enjoy.

What Listeners Are Saying

★★★★★

Travel writing – old style

Peter Fleming was Ian Fleming's brother and led a life almost as full of real adventure as the fictional creation of his brother.News from Tartary is a period piece with modern day lessons.Following an impromptu decision to undertake a journey into the backlands of China and India, the author and…

– R. R. Wilkins

★★★★★

Travel at it's best but shame on the publisher for lack of map.

A truly wonderful travel story. A bit like Chatwin , a little Theroux , reminiscenses of Newby etc. It is travel at it's best.The only thing I have great issue with is the lack of the photographs (regularly referred to in the text) and even more annoying the missing of…

– erisgeenhoop

★★★★☆

STYLISH

Great travel book told with laconic style and efficiently delivered to Vietnam before the due date!

– Bryan Cymru

★★★★★

A classic

Anyone who's tired of 'following in the footsteps of…' and 'I skiied backwards down Everest' type of travel books, will find that this is a classic read. It's the tale of a rugged trip across the wilds of Qinghai and Tibet at a time when those places were among the…

– D Swaney

★★★★★

One of the great adventures of the 20th century.

Adventures like this are no longer possible in today's world, so it's wonderful to be able to experience it vicariously. Peter writes better than his better known brother, Ian.

– Stephen Conlon