The Temple of Costly Experience

by Daniele Varè

Prolific author, 1st edn, Good as slightly soiled cream hardcover, (no dj) Daniele Varè (1880-1956) was an Italian expatriate diplomat and author who spent his early years in the UK, returning to Italy with his Scottish mother at the age of 11. Young Danielle entered the Italian Diplomatic Service in 1907 and was first assigned to China in 1912. In Beijing he had as a subordinate Galeazzo Ciano (later to become Benito Mussolini's Minister of Foreign Affairs).In 1932, while serving as Ambassador to Denmark, he was forced to resign by the Fascist Regime as many other Italian Diplomats. Hence he originally published in English and only later in Italian.The Temple of Costly Experience (Der Tempel der kostbaren Weisheit) (1937), set in the early twentieth century in the Chinese capital of Peking, where the author spent two lengthy periods serving as a diplomat in the Italian Legation as a First Secretary (1912-1920) and later, Minister (1927-1931).

Genres: Historical Fiction

238 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1937

About the author

Brought up in Scotland, served as an Italian diplomat in China. Wrote a number of novels, as well as several memoirs about his family, parents &c.

Reviews

[Frank Ashe · Rating 5 out of 5]

I ran out of stuff to read while on holiday in New Caledonia. I found this book in a small store that sold everything - one of their few books in English. The second and third in a trilogy I'd read the first of and never seen later ones.

Serendipity brought me to this charming piece.