Jade Tiger [antikvár]

A CKNO WLEDGMEN TSI wish to acknowledge at the beginning of this book, and most importantly, the companions of my travels, especially my wife, Jill, for being secretary, assistant, prompter, ally and editor.I would especially like to thank Ms Dorothy Goss, of Melbourne, for her generous and valuable assistance in tracing maps, reference works and the like, while also acting as hostess and guide.Lastly, I wish to pay tribute belatedly to the late Anthea Joseph, whose untimely death occurred last year. She was responsible for accepting my first novel. Rat Trap, for publication, and it was her encouragement and enthusiasm that launched me upon my present course. She is gone, and I miss her, as do countless others.The poetry of Meng Chiao which is reproduced in Chapter 8 is taken from Penguin's Poems of the Late T'ang, translated by A.C. Graham; the quotation which prefaces the novel is taken from the Penguin collection of poems by Li Po and Tu Fu, China's two greatest poets, in Arthur Cooper's translation. Both are reprinted by permission of Penguin Books Ltd.