Midnight in Peking : how the murder of a young Englishwoman haunted the last days of old China, Paul French

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Midnight in Peking : how the murder of a young Englishwoman haunted the last days of old China, Paul French

Title remainder

how the murder of a young Englishwoman haunted the last days of old China

Statement of responsibility

Paul French

Instantiates

• Midnight in Peking : how the murder of a young Englishwoman haunted the last days of old China

Publication

• New York, Penguin Books, 2012

Note

Call # 364.1523

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Contents

The approaching storm -- The body at the Fox Tower -- The police of Peking -- Wild dogs and diplomats -- The investigation -- Pamela -- An old China hand -- Armour factory alley -- Cocktail hour at the Wagons Lits -- Into the Badlands -- Of rats and men -- Under Peking earth -- A respectable man of influence -- Radical chic -- The element of fire -- The rising sun that chills -- Journey to the underworld -- Chuanpan Hutong -- The hunters -- Invitation to a party -- The wound that wouldn't heal -- The writing of midnight in Peking

Control code

2012001874

Dimensions

21 cm

Edition

Revised edition.

Extent

x, 260 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates

Isbn

9780143121008

Lccn

2012001874

Other physical details

illustrations

Record ID

.b13544597