Peking
by Anthony Grey
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This epic novel of a wide-eyed missionary and a rebellious woman thrust into China's Communist revolution is "an excellent read, panoramic in scope" (Financial Times). In 1931, young English-born missionary Jakob Kellner brings all the crusading passion of his untried Christian faith to a China racked by famine and bloody civil war. He burns to save the world's largest nation from Communism. But when he is swept along on the cold, unforgiving Long March, Jakob becomes entangled with show more Mei-ling, a beautiful and fervent revolutionary. Soon, powerful new emotions challenge and reshape his faith--and entrap him forever in the vast country's tortured destiny. Once held hostage by Red Guards in Peking for more than two years, author Anthony Grey traces the path of China's Communist party from its covert inception through purge and revolution. He crafts a portrait of China as a land of great beauty and harshness--of triumph and tragedy--in a sweeping narrative, rich in historical and cultural revelations. show lessTags
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Written by a former foreign correspondent based in Eastern Europe and China. Meticulously researched, sensitive and based on historical facts, it is a fictional account if modern China's difficult birth process and the factors that influenced it - beginning in 1921, covering the horrors of the Long March and Cultural Revolution, and ending with the death of Mao Tse Tung in 1978. Essential reading for understanding the complexities of the rise of the People's Republic of China. (Review by Megan Wallens, full review in book.)
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