**Acclaimed by the*Financial Times*as an excellent read, panoramic in scope,*Peking*brings to life the conflict, struggle, and idealism that marked Chinas revolution and led to its rise to superpower status** To a China racked by famine and bloody civil war in 1931, young English-born missionary Ja
Peking
โ Scribed by Anthony Grey
- Publisher
- Pan
- Year
- 2011;1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 469 KB
- Edition
- New Ed
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780330301343
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