David Leffman was born and raised in the UK. He first visited China in 1985 and has since authored travel guidebooks to China, Hong Kong, Australia, Indonesia and Iceland for publishers such as DK and Rough Guides. The Mercenary Mandarin is the result of 15 years spent in archives and on the road, following Mesny”s trail around China”s backblocks.
6 Ebooks by David Leffman
David Leffman & James Proctor: Rough Guide to Iceland
<p>The Rough Guide to Iceland is your complete handbook to uncovering the delights of Europes largest glacier. From Reykjaviks nightlife to the dramatic Western Fjords and table-top mountains …
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€10.99
David Leffman & James Proctor: Rough Guide to Iceland
The Rough Guide to Iceland is the ultimate travel guide to this fascinating island and its capital Reykjavik, with clear maps and detailed coverage of all the best attractions. Discover Iceland’s …
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€12.99
Rough Guides & David Leffman: Rough Guide to China
The Rough Guide to China is the definitive guidebook to one of the world’s most fascinating and rapidly changing travel destinations. The full-colour introduction gives an inspiring insight into many …
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€16.99
David Leffman: Mercenary Mandarin
William Mesny ran off to sea as a boy and jumped ship at Shanghai in 1860 when he was just 18. Amid the chaos of foreign intrigue and civil war in 19th-century China, he became a smuggler, a prisoner …
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€11.22
Charles Welsh Mason: The Chinese Confessions of Charles Welsh Mason
In this old China tale like no other, Englishman Charles Mason tells of his doomed attempt to overthrow the Qing dynasty.
Lawrence of Arabia famously wrote that, ‘All men dream: but not equally. …
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€5.49
Edmund Candler: The Unveiling of Lhasa
December, 1903. A border dispute escalates amid rumors of a proposed secret alliance between Russia and the religious monarchy at Lhasa. British Colonel Francis Younghusband marches his Indian troops …
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€7.49
