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“As the book's subtitle indicates, Mr. Ziegler uses one of the world's great rivers as a vehicle to pursue this story—and what a vehicle it is.... [He] writes beautifully, and with the fervor of a naturalist.” —The Wall Street Journal “The writing is superb... a true labour of love, Black Dragon River is a triumph.” —The SpectatorBlack Dragon River is a personal journey down one of Asia's great rivers that reveals the region's essential history and culture. The world's ninth largest river, the Amur serves as a large part of the border between Russia and China. As a crossroads for the great empires of Asia, this area offers journalist Dominic Ziegler a lens with which to examine the societies at Europe's only borderland with east Asia. He follows a journey from the river's top to bottom, and weaves the history, ecology and peoples to show a region obsessed with the past—and to show how this region holds a key to the complex and critical relationship between Russia and China today. One of Asia's mightiest rivers, the Amur is also the most elusive. The terrain it crosses is legendarily difficult to traverse. Near the river's source, Ziegler travels on horseback from the Mongolian step
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- Author
- Dominic Ziegler
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780143109891
- Category
- reference
- Subjects
- Travel, History, Language Learning
- Rating
- 3.66 / 5 (112 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14