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Midnight in Peking : how the murder of a young English woman haunted the last days of old China / Paul French.

by French, Paul, 1966-

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Penguin Books, c2012.

Werner, Pamela, d. 1937.

Murder -- China -- Beijing -- Case studies.

Beijing (China) -- History -- 20th century.

x, 260 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-259).

Approaching storm -- The body at the Fox Tower -- The police of Peking -- Wild dogs and diplomats -- The investigation -- Pamela -- An old China hand -- Armour factory alley -- Cocktail hour at the Wagons Lits -- Into the Badlands -- Of rats and men -- Under Peking earth -- A respectable man of influence -- Radical chic -- The element of fire -- The rising sun that chills -- Journey to the underworld -- Chuanpan Hutong -- The hunters -- Invitation to a party -- The wound that wouldn't heal -- The writing of midnight in Peking.

Historian and China expert Paul French uncovers the truth behind the notorious unsolved 1937 murder of Pamela Werner, and offers a rare glimpse of the last days of colonial Peking.

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