The race to the future

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10 June 1907, Peking. Five cars set off in a desperate race across two continents on the verge of revolution. An Italian prince and his chauffeur, a French racing driver, a conman and various journalists battle over steep mountain ranges and across the arid vastness of the Gobi Desert. The contestants need teams of helpers to drag their primitive cars up narrow gorges, lift them over rough terrain and float them across rivers. Petrol is almost impossible to find, there are barely any roads, armed bandits and wolves lurk in the forests. Updates on their progress, sent by telegram, are eagerly devoured by millions in one of the first ever global news stories. Their destination: Paris. More than its many adventures, the Peking-to-Paris provided the impetus for profound change. The world of 1907 is poised between the old and the new: communist regimes will replace imperial ones in China and Russia; the telegraph is transforming modern communication and the car will soon displace the horse. In this book bestselling author Kassia St Clair traces the fascinating stories of two interlocking races - setting the derring-do (and sometimes cheating) of one of the world's first car races against the backdrop of a larger geopolitical and technological rush to the future, as the rivalry grows between countries and empires, building up to the cataclysmic event that changed everything - the First World War. The Race to the Future is the incredible true story of the quest against the odds that shaped the world we live in today.

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The Race to the Future

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an incredible and stirring story a mix of competition camaraderie as well as a larky sense of adventure down goes the flag smash goes the bottle shards of emerald glass and champagne spume catch the light the race from peking to paris has begun spectator and it s go go go Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

The Race to the Future

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Radio 4 book of the week an incredible and stirring story a mix of competition camaraderie as well as a larky sense of adventure down goes the flag smash goes the bottle shards of emerald glass and champagne spume catch the light the race from peking to paris has begun spectator an Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, woensdag in huis .. MEER INFO

Van Peking naar Parijs

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Een ongelooflijk waargebeurd verhaal over een tocht die symbool staat voor het ontstaan van de wereld waarin we nu leven peking 10 juni 1907 vijf auto s en hun kleurrijke bestuurders nemen deel aan een bijna onmogelijk te volbrengen race die over twee continenten en door verschillende landen za Op voorraad. Voor 23:00 uur besteld, morgen in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 09 november 2023

Aantal pagina's: 384

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Kassia St Clair

Hoofduitgeverij: John Murray Press

Editie: 1

Product breedte: 154 mm

Product hoogte: 28 mm

Product lengte: 233 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 154 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 28 mm

Verpakking lengte: 233 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 484 g

EAN: 9781529386066

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