Van Peking naar Parijs per auto

Name: Van Peking naar Parijs per auto
Author: Luigi Barzini

by Luigi Barzini, Scipione Borghese

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De Aarde en haar Volken

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Van Peking naar Parijs per auto De Aarde en haar Volken, 1908

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/

Release date

2005-12-31

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Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Peking to Paris Motor Challenge (1st : 1907)

About the authors

Luigi Barzini

1874–1947

An Italian journalist and globe-trotting reporter, he became famous for vivid dispatches from wars, revolutions, and long-distance expeditions at the turn of the 20th century. His writing helped bring far-off events to ordinary readers with speed, color, and a reporter’s eye for drama.

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Scipione Borghese

1871–1927

An Italian nobleman with a taste for adventure, he became famous for winning the brutal 1907 Peking-to-Paris motor race. He also served in public life, moving between aristocratic privilege, early motoring, and politics in a rapidly changing Italy.

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