Entertaining tales supported by photographs telling of Curzon's voyages round the world before he became Viceroy to the Far East. It includes his experiences in the Near East and along the Transcarpathian railway, which the Russians built to reach the doorway to India.
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, FRS, FBA, styled Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and then Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was an English Conservative statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905.