John Man is a historian and travel writer with a special interest in China and Mongolia. His several acclaimed books include Genghis Khan. He lives in the United Kingdom.
Publishers Weekly, 7/7/08
"This engrossing and well-researched history of China's most famous
architectural project whets the reader's appetite to tread in Man's
footsteps."Kirkus Reviews
"A learned, lively history of the Great Wall's evolution that cuts
it down to size without diminishing its allure...A shifting,
kaleidoscopic portrait--cultural, geopolitical, symbolic--that puts
the mighty edifice into perspective...Man presents readers with a
Wall for every season, even more awe-inspiring in its workaday
clothes than in its romantic garb."Augusta Metro Spirit
"In a well-crafted narrative blending actual experience with
historical data, John Man offers a fascinating view...Man once
again breathes fresh life and interest into the old stone fragments
that dominate our visions of the past."Library Journal,
10/01/08
"If you didn't get to China this summer, [this book] will help make
up for it...A readable history...[Man] regales us with his
adventures traveling along the present-day Great Wall. His tone is
knowledgeable, breezy, and sometimes a little breathless as he
skillfully debunks what is left of the myths about the
wall...Acknowledge[s] and make[s] good use of recent Chinese
scholarship...Recommended."
Publishers Weekly, 7/7/08
This engrossing and well-researched history of China s most famous
architectural project whets the reader s appetite to tread in Man s
footsteps. Kirkus Reviews
A learned, lively history of the Great Wall s evolution that cuts
it down to size without diminishing its allure A shifting,
kaleidoscopic portrait cultural, geopolitical, symbolic that puts
the mighty edifice into perspective Man presents readers with a
Wall for every season, even more awe-inspiring in its workaday
clothes than in its romantic garb. Augusta Metro Spirit
In a well-crafted narrative blending actual experience with
historical data, John Man offers a fascinating view Man once again
breathes fresh life and interest into the old stone fragments that
dominate our visions of the past. Library Journal, 10/01/08
If you didn't get to China this summer, [this book] will help make
up for it A readable history [Man] regales us with his adventures
traveling along the present-day Great Wall. His tone is
knowledgeable, breezy, and sometimes a little breathless as he
skillfully debunks what is left of the myths about the wall
Acknowledge[s] and make[s] good use of recent Chinese scholarship
Recommended. "
"Charleston Post & Courier", 10/5/08
"Man does an exceptional job of seeing the philosophy behind the
structure and in explaining its history."
"Library Journal", 10/01/08
"If you didn't get to China this summer, [this book] will help make
up for it...A readable history...[Man] regales us with his
adventures traveling along the present-day Great Wall. His tone is
knowledgeable, breezy, and sometimes a little breathless as he
skillfully debunks what is left of the myths about the
wall...Acknowledge[s] and make[s] good use of recent Chinese
scholarship...Recommended."
"Multicultural Review", Winter 2009
"An insightful and balanced view of the history of the Great
Wall...Engaging...A delight for the general reader."
"Publishers Weekly", 7/7/08
"This engrossing and well-researched history of China's most famous
architectural project whets the reader's appetite to tread in Man's
footsteps."
"Multicultural Review," Winter 2009
"An insightful and balanced view of the history of the Great
Wall...Engaging...A delight for the general reader."
"Charleston Post & Courier," 10/5/08
"Man does an exceptional job of seeing the philosophy behind the
structure and in explaining its history."
"Library Journal," 10/01/08
"If you didn't get to China this summer, [this book] will help make
up for it...A readable history...[Man] regales us with his
adventures traveling along the present-day Great Wall. His tone is
knowledgeable, breezy, and sometimes a little breathless as he
skillfully debunks what is left of the myths about the
wall...Acknowledge[s] and make[s] good use of recent Chinese
scholarship...Recommended."
"Augusta Metro Spirit"
"In a well-crafted narrative blending actual experience with
historical data, John Man offers a fascinating view...Man once
again breathes fresh life and interest into the old stone fragments
that dominate our visions of the past."
"Booklist," 08/01/08
"As he chronicles his own restless travels along a wild patchwork
of many different walls, he probes a labyrinth of historical
enigmas. Emperors give way to bandits, poets to commissars, as
unpredictably as reed and earth supplant rock and brick. The wall's
architectural complexities thus become a huge metaphor for cultural
evolution, as the serpentine partition links China's buried past
with its hoped-for future. Deploying the same lively style that
attracted readers to his "Genghis Kahn" (2004), Man transforms a
forbidding barrier into an inviting passageway into Asian
culture."
"Kirkus Reviews"
"A learned, lively history of the Great Wall's evolution that cuts
it down to size without diminishing its allure...A shifting,
kaleidoscopic portrait--cultural, geopolitical, symbolic--that puts
the mighty edifice into perspective...Man presents readers with a
Wall for every season, even more awe-inspiring in its workaday
clothes than in its romantic garb."
"Publishers Weekly," 7/7/08
"This engrossing and well-researched history of China's most famous
architectural project whets the reader's appetite to tread in Man's
footsteps."
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