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Fragile Cargo World War II Race to Save the Treasures of China's Forbidden City
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eBay item number:375354293149
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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Signed
- No
- Book Series
- n/a
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Edition
- First Edition
- Vintage
- No
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- History book
- Era
- 2020s
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket, Illustrated
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9781982149291
- Book Title
- Fragile Cargo : the World War II Race to Save the Treasures of China's Forbidden City
- Publisher
- Atria Books
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Art, History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Asia / China, History / General
- Item Weight
- 19.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
About this product
Product Information
The gripping true story of the bold and determined museum curators who saved the priceless treasures of China's Forbidden City in the years leading up to World War II and beyond. Spring 1933: The silent courtyards and palaces of Peking's Forbidden City, for centuries the home of Chinese emperors, are tense with fear and expectation. Japan's aircrafts drone overhead, its troops and tanks are only hours away. All-out war between China and Japan is coming, and the curators of the Forbidden City are faced with an impossible question: how will they protect the vast imperial art collections in their charge? A difficult and monumental decision is made: to safeguard the treasures, they will need to be evacuated. The magnificent collections contain a million pieces of art--objects that carry China's deepest and most ancient memories. Among them are irreplaceable artefacts: exquisite paintings on silk, vanishingly rare Ming porcelain, and the extraordinary Stone Drums of Qin, which are adorned with 2,500-year-old inscriptions of crucial cultural significance. For sixteen terrifying years, under the quiet leadership of museum director Ma Heng, the curators would go on to transport the imperial art collections thousands of miles across China--up rivers of white water, across mountain ranges, and through burning cities. In their search for safety the curators and their fragile, invaluable cargo journeyed through the maelstrom of violence, chaos, and starvation that was China's Second World War. Told for the first time in English and playing out across a vast historical canvas, this is the exhilarating story of a small group of men and women who, when faced with war's onslaught on civilization, chose to resist. Fragile Cargo reminds us of the enduring power of beauty in a world beset by conflict and violence.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Atria Books
ISBN-10
1982149299
ISBN-13
9781982149291
eBay Product ID (ePID)
25057242198
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fragile Cargo : the World War II Race to Save the Treasures of China's Forbidden City
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2023
Topic
Military / World War II, Asia / China, History / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
19.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
23/Eng/20230110
Reviews
"Thrilling...[Brookes] has uncovered the kind of history deserving of a cinematic blockbuster." -- Literary Review, "A compelling story of art, war and adventure. An extraordinary odyssey of the imperial treasures of the Forbidden City, protected by heroic and remarkable curators...Superb." --Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, "Adam Brookes has an eye for a great story and knows how to tell it. Fragile Cargo more than merits his painstaking research and cannot fail to delight both the China specialist and the general reader. I enjoyed it enormously." --John Keay, historian and author of China: A History .
Lccn
2023-278955
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
709.51
Lc Classification Number
N9165.C5b76 2023
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