Adam Brookes

Fragile Cargo

The World War II Race to Save the Treasures of China's Forbidden City

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Spring 1933: The silent courtyards and palaces of Peking's Forbidden City, for centuries the home of Chinese emperors, are tense with fear and expectation. Japan's aircrafts drone overhead, its troops and tanks are only hours away. All-out war between China and Japan is coming, and the curators of the Forbidden City are faced with an impossible question: how will they protect the vast imperial art collections in their charge? A difficult and monumental decision is made: to safeguard the treasures, they will need to be evacuated. For sixteen terrifying years, under the quiet leadership of museum director Ma Heng, the curators would go on to transport the imperial art collections thousands of miles across China--up rivers of white water, across mountain ranges, and through burning cities. In their search for safety the curators and their fragile, invaluable cargo journeyed through the maelstrom of violence, chaos, and starvation that was China's Second World War."--Publisher marketing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Atria Books
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 162mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781982149291
• ISBN-10: 1982149299
• Artikelnr.: 64229780

Autorenporträt

Adam Brookes was born in Canada and grew up in the United Kingdom. For many years he was a journalist for BBC News, working as a correspondent in Beijing, as well as in Indonesia and the United States. He lives in Takoma Park, Maryland.