Alexander Michie

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Alexander Michie

1833–1902

A Scottish writer, journalist, and traveler, he spent much of his adult life in China and turned those years into vivid books about travel, politics, and cross-cultural encounters. His work is especially remembered for its firsthand accounts of 19th-century China and the long overland route from Peking to St. Petersburg.

3 Audiobooks

The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. 2 (of 2) As Illustrated in the Career of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., D.C.L., Many Years Consul and Minister in China and Japan

The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. 2 (of 2) As Illustrated in the Career of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., D.C.L., Many Years Consul and Minister in China and Japan

by Alexander Michie

The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. 1 (of 2) As Illustrated in the Career of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., D.C.L., Many Years Consul and Minister in China and Japan

The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. 1 (of 2) As Illustrated in the Career of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., D.C.L., Many Years Consul and Minister in China and Japan

by Alexander Michie

The Siberian Overland Route from Peking to Petersburg, Through the Deserts and Steppes of Mongolia, Tartary, &c.

The Siberian Overland Route from Peking to Petersburg, Through the Deserts and Steppes of Mongolia, Tartary, &c.

by Alexander Michie

About the author

Born in Earlsferry, Fife, in 1833, Alexander Michie built a career that mixed business, journalism, and travel writing. He lived in China for many years, beginning in the 1850s, and became closely involved with British commercial and newspaper life there.

Michie served as editor of The Chinese Times in Tientsin and wrote widely about China, diplomacy, and empire. His best-known book, The Siberian Overland Route, grew out of his 1863 journey from Peking to St. Petersburg, and he also published works such as The Englishman in China and Missionaries in China.

He died in 1902. Today he is remembered as a sharp, observant Victorian-era commentator whose books offer a window into the politics, travel, and attitudes of the world he moved through.