Paul French’s Destination series: a book bundle

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By Paul French

Bestselling author Paul French travels to the most storied cities in China to tell the true tales of fascinating people who visited or lived in these places in the 19th and 20th centuries.

With a special focus on the glamorous years between the two world wars, the Destination series describes the local and international assortment of adventurers, writers, spies, artists, socialites and scoundrels who inhabited Macao, Peking and Shanghai during that golden age.

Save 20% by buying this bundle which includes the following items in the series. Please click on their titles below to see full details and read excerpts from each book.

1 x Destination Macao

1 x Destination Peking

1 x Destination Shanghai

 

 

Description

Bestselling author Paul French travels to the most storied cities in China to tell the true tales of fascinating people who visited or lived in these places in the 19th and 20th centuries.

With a special focus on the glamorous years between the two world wars, the Destination series describes the local and international assortment of adventurers, writers, spies, artists, socialites and scoundrels who inhabited Macao, Peking and Shanghai during that golden age.

Additional information

Weight 1290 g

About the author

Paul French was born in London, educated there and in Glasgow, and lived and worked in Shanghai for many years. His book Midnight in Peking was a New York Times bestseller, a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, a Mystery Writers’ of America Edgar award winner for Best Fact Crime and a Crime Writers’ Association (UK) Dagger award for non-fiction. His book City of Devils: A Shanghai Noir has received much praise, with The Economist writing, ‘…in Mr French the city has its champion storyteller.’

Both Midnight in Peking and City of Devils are currently being developed for television. Stories from Destination Shanghai were serialised on RTHK Radio 3.

His blog is at www.chinarhyming.com.