Peking Picnic by Ann Bridge

Peking Picnic by Ann Bridge

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Peking Picnic by Ann Bridge

Originally published in 1851, Scenes from the Latin Quarter is Henri Murger's best-known work, and the novel upon which Puccini based his opera La Boh

Ann Bridge (1889-1974), or Lady Mary Dolling (Sanders) O'Malley was born in Hertfordshire. Bridge's novels concern her experiences of the British Foreign Office community in Peking in China, where she lived for two years with her diplomat husband. Her novels combine courtship plots with vividly-realized settings and demure social satire.

Bridge went on to write novels around a serious investigation of modern historical developments. In the 1970s Bridge began to write thrillers centered on a female amateur detective, Julia Probyn, as well writing travel books and family memoirs. Her books were praised for their faithful representation of foreign countries which was down to personal experience and thorough research.

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ISBN 13 9780956294784
ISBN 10 0956294782
Title Peking Picnic
Author Ann Bridge
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Capuchin Classics
Year published 2010-05-01
Number of pages 336
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