Peter Fleming (writer) - Fleming's Works

Fleming's Works

Fleming was a special correspondent for The Times and often wrote under the pen-name "Strix" (Latin for "screech owl") an essayist for The Spectator.

  • 1933 Brazilian Adventure — Exploring the Brazilian jungle in search of the lost Colonel Percy Fawcett.
  • 1934 One's Company: A Journey to China in 1933 — Travels through Manchuria. Later reissued as half of Travels in Tartary.
  • 1936 News from Tartary: A Journey from Peking to Kashmir — Journey from Peking to Srinagar via Sinkiang. He was accompanied on this journey by Ella Maillart (Kini). Later reissued as half of Travels in Tartary.
  • 1940 The Flying Visit — A humorous novel about an unintended visit to Britain by Adolf Hitler. Illustrated by David Low.
  • 1942 A Story to Tell: And Other Tales — A collection of short stories.
  • 1952 The Sixth Column: A Singular Tale of Our Times
  • 1952 A Forgotten Journey — A diary Fleming kept during a journey through Russia and Manchuria in 1934. Reprinted as To Peking: A Forgotten Journey from Moscow to Manchuria (2009, ISBN 978-1-84511-996-6)
  • 1955 Tibetan Marches – translation from French of Caravane vers Bouddha by André Migot
  • 1956 My Aunt's Rhinoceros: And Other Reflections — A collection of essays written (as "Strix") for The Spectator.
  • 1957 Operation Sea Lion — an account of the planned Nazi invasion of Britain in 1940.
  • 1957 Invasion 1940 — an account of British anti-invasion preparations of World War II.
  • 1957 With the Guards to Mexico: And Other Excursions — A collection of essays written for The Spectator.
  • 1958 The Gower Street Poltergeist — A collection of essays written for The Spectator.
  • 1959 The Siege at Peking — An account of the Boxer Rebellion and the European-led siege of the Imperial capital.
  • 1961 Bayonets to Lhasa: The First Full Account of the British Invasion of Tibet in 1904
  • 1961 Goodbye to the Bombay Bowler — A collection of essays written for The Spectator.
  • 1963 The Fate of Admiral Kolchak — a study of the White Army leader Admiral Kolchak who attempted to save the Imperial Russian family at Ekaterinburg in 1918.

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