News From Tartary

Name: News From Tartary
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A Journey from Peking to Kashmir

Peter Fleming

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Eland Publishing Ltd
26 March 2026

Classic travel writing

News from Tartary is the account of an illegal, six-month journey from Beijing to Kashmir in 1935. The physical resilience which took Fleming and his Swiss companion, Ella Maillart, across some of the world s most inaccessible mountain passes and desert regions was matched by bravery and luck. China was then caught up in a vicious civil war while trying to repel the invading Japanese, while in eastern Turkestan charismatic Muslim warlords were allying themselves with Soviet Russia. None of the foreign journalists who had attempted to report from this region over the previous eight years had come out alive. The relationship between Peter (reporting for The Times) and the adventurous Ella, with their different abilities and character, becomes a source of gentle fascination. For beneath their easy-going charm, both had that sliver of ice required of a writer and had already travelled alone in the region, setting down their separate adventures in Turkestan Solo and One s Company.

By: Peter Fleming
Imprint: Eland Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm,
ISBN: 9781780602134
ISBN 10: 1780602138
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 26 March 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Peter Fleming was the brother of Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond series and was special correspondent for The Times. He was married to the actress Celia Johnson, best known for her role in the film Brief Encounter.