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Jonathan Fenby's Books
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Tiger Head, Snake TailsA complete and coherent picture of China by a world expert on the subjectRead More -
The GeneralA magisterial, sweeping biography of one of the great leaders of the 20th century -- General Charles De GaulleRead More
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The Sinking of the LancastriaA superbly gripping re-creation of the greatest maritime disaster in British history: the bombing of the 'Lancastria' during the fall of France in 194Read More
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GeneralissimoThe first major English-language biography of one of the key figures of the twentieth century -- the man who lost China to the Communists.Read More
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Londonist, May 8, 2013
...Sarah Rees Brennan talk teen horror at Foyles (6.30pm, £3). Get the experts’ take on China from Jonathan Fenby, Gerard Lemos and Yuwen Wu at the Festival of Asian Literature (6.45pm, £10 / £8). Join Andrew Taylor for a literary dinner and...
Redhotcurry, April 19, 2013
...and experts on China Will Hutton (The Writing on the Wall-China and the West in the 21st Century); Jonathan Fenby (Modern China, The Seventy Wonders of China); Gerard Lemos (The End of the Chinese Dream: Why Chinese People Fear the Future) and Isabel...
Telegraph, April 8, 2013
...to just 0.1pc. He also admitted he would not reach his 3pc budget deficit goal until 2014. Jonathan Fenby in the Guardian argues that this latest failure by sociailst French President Francois Hollande to get the economy growing has left the balance of...
News Sentinel, March 2, 2013
...books from the library. One I'm reading most actively is 'Tiger Head, Snake Tails,' by British author Jonathan Fenby. The subtitle is 'China Today, How It Got There and Where It Is Heading.' ?China is much more complicated than people make it. There is...
Knox News Sentinel, January 17, 2013
...Chevalier nTiger Rag by Nicholas Christopher NONFICTION nThe General: Charles de Gaulle and the France He Saved by Jonathan Fenby nHomegrown in Florida nMy Share of the Task by Stanley McChrystal nThe Myths of Happiness: What Should Make You...
Londonist, January 9, 2013
...Author appearances, poetry and spoken word events in London this week Wednesday 9 January: Jonathan Fenby talks about China past and present at Foyles (6.15pm, free). Hear poets Claire Crowther, Timothy Adès, Sharon Morris and David Morley plus...
Minyanville, December 28, 2012
...this year and a few classics that should be on every investor's bookshelf. Satyajit Das recommends: , by Jonathan Fenby On an increasingly crowded list of books purporting to explain China, Jonathan Fenbys Tiger Head, Snake Tails (Simon & Schuster,...
Londonist, May 8, 2013
...Sarah Rees Brennan talk teen horror at Foyles (6.30pm, £3). Get the experts’ take on China from Jonathan Fenby, Gerard Lemos and Yuwen Wu at the Festival of Asian Literature (6.45pm, £10 / £8). Join Andrew Taylor for a literary dinner and...
Prospect, May 7, 2013
...China flexing its muscles abroad to distract from troubles at home is something the world does not need. Jonathan Fenby’s book Tiger Head, Snake Tails; China Today has just been published in an updated paperback edition to take in the latest...
Redhotcurry, April 19, 2013
...and experts on China Will Hutton (The Writing on the Wall-China and the West in the 21st Century); Jonathan Fenby (Modern China, The Seventy Wonders of China); Gerard Lemos (The End of the Chinese Dream: Why Chinese People Fear the Future) and Isabel...
Asian Times Online UK, April 16, 2013
...Kuehn on Sunday, April 21. Also, Michael Palin discusses his time travelling in Asia; political heavyweights, Will Hutton, Jonathan Fenby and Gerard Lemos re-evaluate the ‘Chinese Dream, while Colin Pyle talks about this 18,000km ride around China...
Eastern Eye, April 16, 2013
...Kuehn on Sunday, April 21. Also, Michael Palin discusses his time travelling in Asia; political heavyweights, Will Hutton, Jonathan Fenby and Gerard Lemos re-evaluate the Chinese Dream, while Colin Pyle talks about this 18,000km ride around China and...
Eastern Eye, April 16, 2013
...Kuehn on Sunday, April 21. Also, Michael Palin discusses his time travelling in Asia; political heavyweights, Will Hutton, Jonathan Fenby and Gerard Lemos re-evaluate the Chinese Dream, while Colin Pyle talks about this 18,000km ride around China and...
Money Week, April 11, 2013
...European cohesion. Hollande’s weakness means that the traditionally pivotal Franco-German alliance is now in “questionable shape”, said Jonathan Fenby in The Guardian. The Germans think France’s reforms are far too slow “and take a dim view...
