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The Peking Express
- The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China
Engelsk Hardback
The Peking Express
- The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China
Engelsk Hardback

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The thrilling true story of train-robbing revolutionaries and passengers who got more than they paid for in this Murder on the Orient Express–style adventure, set in China’s republican era.
 
In May 1923, when Shanghai publisher and reporter John Benjamin Powell bought a first-class ticket for the Peking Express, he pictured an idyllic overnight journey on a brand-new train of unprecedented luxury—exactly what the advertisements promised. Seeing his fellow passengers, including mysterious Italian lawyer Giuseppe Musso, a confidante of Mussolini and lawyer for the opium trade, and American heiress Lucy Aldrich, sister-in-law of John D. Rockefeller Jr., he knew it would be an unforgettable trip.
 
Charismatic bandit leader and populist rabble rouser Sun Mei-yao had also taken notice of the new train from Shanghai to Peking. On the night of Powell’s trip of a lifetime, Sun launched his plan to make a brazen political statement: he and a thousand fellow bandits descended on the train, capturing dozens of hostages.
 
Aided by local proxy authorities, the humiliated Peking government soon furiously gave chase. At the bandits’ mountain stronghold, a five-week siege began.
 
Brilliantly written, with new and original research, The Peking Express tells the incredible true story of a clash that shocked the world—becoming so celebrated it inspired several Hollywood movies—and set the course for China’s two-decade civil war.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
352
ISBN-13:
9781541701700
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1541701704
Udg. Dato:
4 maj 2023
Længde:
35mm
Bredde:
247mm
Højde:
162mm
Forlag:
PublicAffairs,U.S.
Oplagsdato:
4 maj 2023
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