Biography: historical, political & military
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For the privileged a cosmopolitan pleasure ground; for the desperate a port of last resort.
A pot of gold at the end of an Oriental rainbow; a thick slice of hell denounced from the pulpit.
The start of a journey for many; the end of the road for some.
A place to find fame, or to seek anonymity; rogues, chancers, showgirls, criminals…
For so many people from so many lands, there was one phrase that sent a tingle of hope or a shiver of anticipation down every spine:
“DESTINATION SHANGHAI”
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Author Biography
Paul French was born in London, educated there and in Glasgow, and lived and worked in Shanghai for many years. His book Midnight in Peking was a New York Times bestseller, a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, a Mystery Writers’ of America Edgar award winner for Best Fact Crime and a Crime Writers’ Association (UK) Dagger award for non-fiction. His more recent book City of Devils: A Shanghai Noir has received much praise, with The Economist writing, ‘…in Mr French the city has its champion storyteller.’
Blacksmith Books
Blacksmith Books is an English-language publishing house based in Hong Kong and distributed throughout all the parts of the world that we can reach. Our focus is on non-fiction -- culture, memoir, travel, biography, history, business, photography -- with a Hong Kong or Chinese angle. We also publish children's fiction with local or regional themes.
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- Publisher Blacksmith Books
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9789887792758
- FormatPaperback
- Pages340
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2018
- Illustration80+ black-and-white photos
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