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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Brookes, Adam (Journalist)     Subjects     Forbidden City (Beijing, China) -- History.     Art treasures in war -- China -- Beijing -- History -- 20th century.     Cultural property -- Protection -- China -- Beijing -- History -- 20th century.     Art -- China -- Beijing.     Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Brookes, Adam (Journalist)       by title:      Fragile cargo : the ...       by call number:      951.156 B872f     Search the Web     Brookes, Adam (Journalist)     Forbidden City (Beijing, China) -- History.     Art treasures in war -- China -- Beijing -- History -- 20th century.     Cultural property -- Protection -- China -- Beijing -- History -- 20th century.     Art -- China -- Beijing.     Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945.       MARC Display

Fragile cargo : the World War II race to save the treasures of China's forbidden city / Adam Brookes. by Brookes, Adam (Journalist) Atria Books, 2023. Call #: 951.156 B872f Subjects Forbidden City (Beijing, China) -- History.   Art treasures in war -- China -- Beijing -- History -- 20th century.   Cultural property -- Protection -- China -- Beijing -- History -- 20th century.   Art -- China -- Beijing.   Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945. ISBN:  9781982149291 (hc) Alternate title:  World War 2 race to save the treasures of China's forbidden city Edition:  1st Atria Books hardcover ed. Description:  370 p., 8 unnumbered p. of plates : ill. (some color), map ; 24 cm. Notes:  "Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2022 by Chatto & Windus"--T.p. verso. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-348) and index. Summary:  "The gripping true story of the bold and determined museum curators who saved the priceless treasures of China’s Forbidden City in the years leading up to World War II and beyond. 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. The magnificent collections contain a million pieces of art -- objects that carry China’s deepest and most ancient memories. Among them are irreplaceable artefacts: exquisite paintings on silk, vanishingly rare Ming porcelain, and the extraordinary Stone Drums of Qin, which are adorned with 2,500-year-old inscriptions of crucial cultural significance. 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. Told for the first time in English and playing out across a vast historical canvas, this is the exhilarating story of a small group of men and women who, when faced with war’s onslaught on civilization, chose to resist. Fragile Cargo reminds us of the enduring power of beauty in a world beset by conflict and violence."--Publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 951.156 B872f Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 951.156 B872f Core Collection - Adult Adult Display 1 Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 951.156 B872f Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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