Midnight in Peking How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China

Name: Midnight in Peking How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China
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ISBN: 9780143123361

ISBN-10: 014312336X

ISBN-13: 9780143123361

Edition: N/A

Authors: Paul French

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A riveting true-crime tale that presents the thrilling account of a murder in 1937 China that caused an international media sensation Chronicling an incredible unsolved murder,Midnight in Pekingcaptures the aftermath of the brutal killing of a British schoolgirl in January 1937. The mutilated body of Pamela Werner was found at the base of the Fox Tower, which, according to local superstition, is home to the maliciously seductive fox spirits. As British detective Dennis and Chinese detective Han investigate, the mystery only deepens and, in a city on the verge of invasion, rumor and superstition run rampant. Based on seven years of research by historian and China expert Paul French, this…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/30/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.45" wide x 8.40" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English



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


Acknowledgements


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