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The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom

Simon Winchester

ISBN 10: 0061562769 / 0-06-156276-9
ISBN 13: 9780061562761
Publisher: Harperluxe
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Softcover
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A portrait of the mid-twentieth-century scientist and adventurer traces his British government mission to China, his love affair with visiting student Lu Gwei-Djen, and his pivotal influence on the western world's understanding of China's culture and history. (Biography & Autobiography)


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"[T]here is much to learn from THE MAN WHO LOVED CHINA, an enjoyable, breezy read, well suited for reading on the chaise longue, gin-and-tonic in hand."

Andrew Leonard, Salon, 05/19/2008

 

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