Fragile Cargo: The World War II Race to Save the Treasures of China's Forbidden City by Adam Brookes

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

Adam Brookes

259 pages • first pub 2023 (view editions) user-added

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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 bet...

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