author
E. G. (Emily Georgiana) Kemp
1860–1939
A restless traveler and vivid observer, this British writer turned journeys across Asia into books that blend adventure, art, and close attention to place. Her work is especially remembered for its firsthand portraits of China and Central Asia in the early twentieth century.
3 Audiobooks
The face of Manchuria, Korea, & Russian Turkestan
by E. G. (Emily Georgiana) Kemp
Chinese mettle
by E. G. (Emily Georgiana) Kemp
The face of China : Travels in east, north, central and western China
by E. G. (Emily Georgiana) Kemp
About the author
Born in 1860, Emily Georgiana Kemp was a British adventurer, artist, and writer whose books grew out of extensive travels in Asia. She studied at Somerville College, Oxford, and also trained in art, interests that shaped the descriptive, visually alert style of her travel writing.
Kemp wrote about regions including China, Korea, Manchuria, and Central Asia, often combining personal observation with sketches and illustrations. She is particularly associated with books such as The Face of China and Chinese Mettle, and contemporary reference sources note that Chinese Mettle received the Grande Médaille de Vermeil from the French Geographical Society.
She died in 1939. Today, she is remembered as one of those early women travel writers who brought distant places to readers with a mix of curiosity, endurance, and an artist’s eye for detail.