Name: The Peking Express: The Bandits who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China (en Inglés)
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Author: Zimmerman, James M.
ISBN: 9781541701700

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The Peking Express: The Bandits who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

James M. Zimmerman

Editorial

PublicAffairs

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

352

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN13

9781541701700

Categorías

China
Crímenes y delitos reales
Historia de asia
Trenes y ferrocarriles: interés general

The Peking Express: The Bandits who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China (en Inglés)

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A 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.