Peking and Angkor Vat explored by a man who is an artist in words, to whom writing for writing's sake is worth while. Sensual impressions, conveying an impression of delirious beauty, written by a man who has a lively curiosity about places and people. Good reading in the very British school of pleasant criticism. Sitwell defines his sort of exploration as a form of escape, and he subtitles his book ""An Oriental Sketch Book.