Travels in Tartary

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Travels in Tartary is a classic 1930s travel narrative by British writer Peter Fleming, recounting his adventurous overland journey across remote regions of Central Asia.

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instanceOf non-fiction book
travel book
travel narrative
associatedWith British travel writing tradition
interwar travel literature
author Peter Fleming
chronicles adventurous travel through sparsely populated areas
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
describes overland journey across remote regions of Central Asia
documents landscapes of deserts and high plateaus
local customs and daily life in Central Asia
features adventure episodes
detailed travel observations
ethnographic description
historical commentary
genre adventure literature
travel literature
hasFormat prose narrative
hasNotableCharacter Peter Fleming
hasNotableTheme encounters with remote communities
hardship of long-distance travel
imperial-era perspectives on Asia
hasReputation classic 1930s travel narrative
classic of 20th-century travel writing
influenced later travel writers on Central Asia
language English
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature
literaryStyle understated humor
witty prose
narrativePerspective first-person narrative
narrativeStructure chronological account of a journey
portrays difficulties of crossing politically sensitive frontiers
geopolitical tensions in Central Asia in the 1930s
relatedWorkByAuthor Brazilian Adventure
News from Tartary
settingRegion Central Asia
Northwest China
surface form: Chinese Central Asia

Tibet Autonomous Region
surface form: Tibet

Xinjiang
subject Central Asian cultures
exploration
overland travel
political conditions in 1930s Central Asia
targetAudience readers interested in Central Asian history
readers interested in travel and exploration
timeOfNarrative 1930s

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Peter Fleming notableWork Travels in Tartary