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

Midnight in Peking

How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China

By
Paul French
Paul French
2012 • 260 pages

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