Paul French

Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China (2012)

I really liked this book a lot. A true story about the murder of a young Englishwoman, Pamela Werner, in 1937 China, it covered a particular capsule of history that I previously knew nothing about. I thought it was fascinating, learning about the intricacies of the various legations (essentially,...