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The revealing story of the legendary Wallis Simpsons controversial and formative year in China in the 1920s. Compelling Dr Amanda Foreman Fascinating Lisa See Riveting Anne Sebba Surprising Anne de Courcy Convincing Hugo Vickers Intriguing Julia Boyd A b
'Shanghai's champion storyteller - He grips his reader to the end' Economist 'Gripping, breakneck ultra-noir reminiscent of vintage Ellroy' David Peace, author of Red or Dead 'If you love Richard Lloyd Parry and David Grann, don
New York Times bestselling author Paul French (Midnight in Peking) returns to the Chinese capital to tell 18 true stories of fascinating people - many Americans among them - who visited the city in the first half of the 20th century. From the ultra-wealth
* Step into the otherworldly splendour of the Forbidden City, its red walls and golden rooftops shimmering at the heart of Peking In the early 1920s, Chinas boy ruler Puyi and his child bride Wanrong were sequestered within the ancient citadel: a city-wit
The revealing story of the legendary Wallis Simpsons controversial and formative year in China in the 1920s. Compelling Dr Amanda Foreman Fascinating Lisa See Riveting Anne Sebba Surprising Anne de Courcy Convincing Hugo Vickers Intriguing Julia Boyd A b
New York Times bestselling author Paul French examines a controversial and revealing period in the early life of the legendary Wallis, Duchess of Windsor-her one year in China. Before she was the Duchess of Windsor, Bessie Wallis Warfield was Mrs. Wallis