The fly-leaf states that China is the oldest, living civilisation on Earth but it's history is still surprisingly little known. How true. Michael Wood's enthralling book is a must for anyone wanting to know more and for me, born in Tientsin and interred in Shanghai by the Japanese, it has of course an immediate and special appeal. It's worth too catching up on the BBC's series which he made in 2016.
(James Baker - bwl 99 Winter 2021 ) |
