Midnight in Peking : : how the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of old China
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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 -- Acknowledgments -- Sources.
Historian and China expert Paul French uncovers the truth behind the notorious unsolved 1937 murder of Pamela Werner, and offers a rare glimpse of the last days of colonial Peking.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Penguin Books, 2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: x, 260 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780143121008
0143121006
SUBJECTS
Murder -- Beijing -- Case studies.
Beijing (China) -- History -- 20th century.