Old Peking exposed
August 28, 2011, Sunday
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IN 1937, Peking, now Beijing, lavish cocktail bars and dingy opium dens abound; corruption, superstition and rumors were par for the course. Meanwhile, Japanese troops had already moved into Manchuria and were poised to move on Peking.
But the discovery, one freezing January morning, of a murdered young Englishwoman traumatized the people of Peking. Pamela Werner's mutilated body was found at the foot of the Fox Tower, an ancient watch tower. The police investigation that ensued was one of confusion and surprise but not one of answers.
When author Paul French came across the story by chance, he decided to investigate the circumstances surrounding her unsolved murder. The enquiry took him back to a city full of vice and intrigue. He tracked Werner's killer and in doing so he uncovered the truth.
And he brings the last days of old Peking to life.
But the discovery, one freezing January morning, of a murdered young Englishwoman traumatized the people of Peking. Pamela Werner's mutilated body was found at the foot of the Fox Tower, an ancient watch tower. The police investigation that ensued was one of confusion and surprise but not one of answers.
When author Paul French came across the story by chance, he decided to investigate the circumstances surrounding her unsolved murder. The enquiry took him back to a city full of vice and intrigue. He tracked Werner's killer and in doing so he uncovered the truth.
And he brings the last days of old Peking to life.
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