The Last King S Last Will
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The Last Kings Of Shanghai
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Author : Jonathan Kaufman
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2020-06-02
The Last Kings Of Shanghai written by Jonathan Kaufman and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-02 with History categories.
"In vivid detail... examines the little-known history of two extraordinary dynasties."--The Boston Globe "Not just a brilliant, well-researched, and highly readable book about China's past, it also reveals the contingencies and ironic twists of fate in China's modern history."--LA Review of Books An epic, multigenerational story of two rival dynasties who flourished in Shanghai and Hong Kong as twentieth-century China surged into the modern era, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Shanghai, 1936. The Cathay Hotel, located on the city's famous waterfront, is one of the most glamorous in the world. Built by Victor Sassoon--billionaire playboy and scion of the Sassoon dynasty--the hotel hosts a who's who of global celebrities: Noel Coward has written a draft of Private Lives in his suite and Charlie Chaplin has entertained his wife-to-be. And a few miles away, Mao and the nascent Communist Party have been plotting revolution. By the 1930s, the Sassoons had been doing business in China for a century, rivaled in wealth and influence by only one other dynasty--the Kadoories. These two Jewish families, both originally from Baghdad, stood astride Chinese business and politics for more than 175 years, profiting from the Opium Wars; surviving Japanese occupation; courting Chiang Kai-shek; and losing nearly everything as the Communists swept into power. In The Last Kings of Shanghai, Jonathan Kaufman tells the remarkable history of how these families participated in an economic boom that opened China to the world, but remained blind to the country's deep inequality and to the political turmoil at their doorsteps. In a story stretching from Baghdad to Hong Kong to Shanghai to London, Kaufman enters the lives and minds of these ambitious men and women to forge a tale of opium smuggling, family rivalry, political intrigue, and survival. The book lays bare the moral compromises of the Kadoories and the Sassoons--and their exceptional foresight, success, and generosity. At the height of World War II, they joined together to rescue and protect eighteen thousand Jewish refugees fleeing Nazism. Though their stay in China started out as a business opportunity, the country became a home they were reluctant to leave, even on the eve of revolution. The lavish buildings they built and the booming businesses they nurtured continue to define Shanghai and Hong Kong to this day. As the United States confronts China's rise, and China grapples with the pressures of breakneck modernization and global power, the long-hidden odysseys of the Sassoons and the Kadoories hold a key to understanding the present moment.
The Last Kings 2
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Author : C. N. Phillips
language : en
Publisher: Urban Books
Release Date : 2016-12-27
The Last Kings 2 written by C. N. Phillips and has been published by Urban Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-27 with Fiction categories.
Back from the dead, Sadie is hungrier and more ruthless than ever. With a heart black as night and an itching trigger finger, she has vowed to make Ray's murderer's blood rain over the city of Detroit. However, Khiron is currently sitting as the new king of the city. He is backed by the Dominican Cartel, and he is proving to be untouchable. Sadie has secretly relocated to Miami and takes Ray's place as the head of The Last Kings. Recruiting a few new members and making new money, the cartel is revived and ready to go up against the worst to reclaim Detroit. In the midst of it all, a war is budding between the Italians and Dominicans, and Sadie has already chosen her allegiance. The Last Kings are back, guns loaded and ready to make one last bloody movie in the streets.
Harold The Last Of The Saxon Kings
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Author : Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1848
Harold The Last Of The Saxon Kings written by Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1848 with Anglo-Saxons categories.
Harold The Last Of The Saxon Kings
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Author : Lytton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1848
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Harold The Last Of The Saxon Kings
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Author : Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1848
Harold The Last Of The Saxon Kings written by Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1848 with categories.
Harold The Last Of The Saxon Kings
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Author : Эдвард Бульвер-Литтон
language : en
Publisher: Litres
Release Date : 2018-08-11
Harold The Last Of The Saxon Kings written by Эдвард Бульвер-Литтон and has been published by Litres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-11 with Fiction categories.
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language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
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Harold The Last Of The Saxon Kings By The Author Of Rienzi
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Author : Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1848
Harold The Last Of The Saxon Kings By The Author Of Rienzi written by Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1848 with categories.
The Last Of The High Kings
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Author : Kate Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-09-30
The Last Of The High Kings written by Kate Thompson and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-30 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
JJ Liddy sometimes blames his unreliable temperament on the visit he made to Tir na n'Og, the land of eternal youth, when he was fifteen years old. It's perhaps not surprising that his children have also turned out to be a little eccentric, especially eleven-year-old Jenny. She forgets to go to school, can't bear to wear shoes, and spends entire days roaming the mountainside. It's up there that she meets the ghost. He is guarding a pile of rocks known as the beacon, and when some archaeologists arrive to excavate it, they run into the strangest kind of obstruction. But it is not people the ghost fears, and when the real enemy finally reveals itself, the future of the entire human race is threatened. Only Aengus Og and his fairy kin can help now.
Harold The Last Of The Saxon Kings Complete
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Author : Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-09-20
Harold The Last Of The Saxon Kings Complete written by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-20 with Fiction categories.
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.