Midnight in Peking : how the murder of a young Englishwoman haunted the last days of old China
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Penguin Books,
New York :
c2012.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
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| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
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| Welland Main | 364.1523092 Fre 2012 | Adult Non-fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
Historian and China expert Paul French uncovers the truth behind the notorious murder of Pamela Werner, and offers a rare glimpse of the last days of colonial Peking.
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- ISBN: 9780143121008
- Physical Description: 260 p. ill.print
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, c2012.
- 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.