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

French, Paul 1966- (Author).

Summary: Chronicles the efforts of two detectives--one British and one Chinese--as they raced to find an Englishwoman's killer in 1937 before the Japanese invasion of Peking.

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  • ISBN: 9780143123361
  • ISBN: 0143121006
  • ISBN: 9780143121008
  • Physical Description: x, 260 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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  • Edition: Revised edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2012.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note: 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.
Subject: Murder China Beijing Case studies
Beijing (China) History 20th century
Genre: Case studies.

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