Destination Peking

By Paul French

Book Overview

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-wealthy Woolworths heiress Barbara Hutton and her husband the Prince Mdivani, to the poor "American girl" Mona Monteith, who worked in the city as a prostitute; from socialite Wallis Simpson and novelist JP Marquand, who held court on the rooftop of the Grand H tel de P kin, to Hollywood screenwriter Harry Hervey, who sought inspiration walking atop the Tartar Wall; from Edgar and Helen Foster Snow - Peking's 'It' couple of 1935 - to Martha Sawyers, who did so much to aid China against Japan in World War II; Destination Peking brings a lost pre-communist era back to life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9887963968
• ISBN13: 9789887963967
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Blacksmith Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"