Published in 1934, One's Company is a classic book of its genre giving the listener a concise insight into life in Russia under Communism in the 1930s. One's Company is a classic travel book and one of the fore-runners of a whole new approach to travel writing which has inspired many a trravel writer since including William Dalrymple. This book is set at the time of much political up-heaval with the communists infiltrating Manchuria and Chiang Kai-Shek, the Chinese Generalissimo, joining forces wiuth the japanese in an attempt to halt the spread of Communism. This is the story of the author's trip onbehalf of The Times from London via the Trans-Siberian Express to China - told with great wit and humility.
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