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Midnight in Peking : the murder that haunted the last days of old China

One night in January 1937, in the dying days of colonial Peking, a body was found under the haunted watchtower. It was Pamela Werner, the daughter of the city's former British consul. A horrified world followed the hunt for Pamela's killer. Some 75 years later, British historian Paul French accidentally came across the lost case file.

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  • "Midnight in Peking"
  • "Midnight in Peking"@pl
  • "Yingguo wai jiao guan nü̈ er die xue Beiping de meng yan"
  • "英国外交官女儿喋血北平的梦魇"

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  • "On a frigid morning in January 1937, the mutilated body of a British schoolgirl is discovered at the base of the Fox Tower. Who could commit such a crime? Peking in 1937 is a heady mix of privilege and scandal, opulence and opium dens, rumor and superstition. The Japanese are encircling the city, and the discovery of Pamela Werner's body sends a shiver through an already nervous Peking. Is it the work of a madman? One of the ruthless Japanese soldiers now surrounding the city? Or perhaps the dreaded fox spirits? Was it a case of mistaken identity? Two detectives, British detective Dennis and Chinese detective Han, team up to solve the case, battling time and the meddling of their respective bureaucracies. Historian Paul French spent seven years researching this dramatic true story in Archives in both China and the United Kingdom. Front-page news around the world when the story was first reported, Midnight in Peking at last uncovers the truth behind this notorious murder, and offers a rare glimpse of the last days of colonial Peking. - Jacket flap."
  • "One night in January 1937, in the dying days of colonial Peking, a body was found under the haunted watchtower. It was Pamela Werner, the daughter of the city's former British consul. A horrified world followed the hunt for Pamela's killer. Some 75 years later, British historian Paul French accidentally came across the lost case file."@en
  • "As 1936 gave way to 1937, the people of Peking waited nervously for the axe to fall. The encirclement by the Japanese army was tightening daily and troop skirmishes were on the rise."
  • "As 1936 gave way to 1937, the people of Peking waited nervously for the axe to fall. The encirclement by the Japanese army was tightening daily and troop skirmishes were on the rise. The Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek had fled south to Nanking, where some said he was ready to cut a deal with Tokyo and leave the people of Peking to their fate. In the opium dens of the notorious Badlands the partying was harder than usual, while the wealthy foreigners of the Legation Quarter were making the most of their final days of privilege. Each new day brought a racheting up of tension inside the city walls. On one of those walls, the ancient Tartar Wall, was a massive watchtower, built in the fifteenth century to keep out invaders. The locals believed the Fox Tower to be haunted at night by fox spirits that preyed upon innocent mortals. Then one bitterly cold January night, the body of an innocent mortal was dumped there. It belonged to English schoolgirl Pamela Werner, the daughter of a well-known Old China Hand and past British Consul. When the depraved nature of her murder became known, it was hard to fathom that any human could treat another in such a fashion. In a city more than usually prone to rumour and gossip, the killing of Pamela raised the panic to a whole new level."
  • "Chronicles the efforts of two detectives--one British and one Chinese--as they raced to find an Englishwoman's killer in 1937 before the Japanese invasion of Peking."@en
  • "Historian and China expert Paul French uncovers the truth behind the notorious unsolved 1937 murder of Pamela Werner, and offers a rare glimpse of the last days of colonial Peking."@en
  • "Historian and China expert Paul French uncovers the truth behind the notorious unsolved 1937 murder of Pamela Werner, and offers a rare glimpse of the last days of colonial Peking."
  • "As 1936 gave way to 1937, the people of Peking waited nervously for the axe to fall. The encirclement by the Japanese army was tightening daily and troop skirmishes were on the rise. The Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek had fled south to Nanking, where some said he was ready to cut a deal with Tokyo and leave the people of Peking to their fate. In the opium dens of the notorious Badlands the partying was harder than usual, while the wealthy foreigners of the Legation Quarter were making the most of their final days of privilege. Each new day brought a racheting up of tension inside the city walls. On one of those walls, the ancient Tartar Wall, was a massive watchtower, built in the fifteenth century to keep out invaders. The locals believed the Fox Tower to be haunted at night by fox spirits that preyed upon innocent mortals. Then one bitterly cold January night, the body of an innocent mortal was dumped there. It belonged to English schoolgirl Pamela Werner, the daughter of a well-known Old China Hand and past British Consul. When the depraved nature of her murder became known, it was hard to fathom that any human could treat another in such a fashion. In a city more than usually prone to rumour and gossip, the killing of Pamela raised the panic to a whole new level. Spirits in the Fox Tower is an unputdownable true tale of murder and a gripping account of the end of an era."
  • "Historian and China expert Paul French uncovers the truth behind the notorious murder of Pamela Werner, and offers a rare glimpse of the last days of colonial Peking."@en

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  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "True crime stories"
  • "Case studies"@en
  • "Case studies"
  • "Trials, litigation, etc"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Powieść angielska"@pl

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  • "Midnight in Peking : the murder that haunted the last days of old China"@en
  • "Midnight in Peking : the murder that haunted the last days of old China"
  • "Midnight in Peking how the murder of a young Englishwoman haunted the last days of old China"@en
  • "Midnight in Peking how the murder of a young Englishwoman haunted the last days of old China"
  • "Midnight in Peking"
  • "Minuit à Pékin : comment le meurtre d'une jeune Anglaise a hanté les derniers jours de l'ancienne Chine"
  • "Midnight in Peking : the murder that gripped a besieged city"
  • "Midnight in Peking the murder that gripped a besieged city"
  • "Midnight in Peking: the true story of a bizarre murder in the last days of old China"
  • "Midnight in Peking : how the murder of a young Englishwoman haunted the last days of old China"@en
  • "Midnight in Peking : how the murder of a young Englishwoman haunted the last days of old China"
  • "Wu ye Beiping : Yingguo wai jiao guan nü er die xue Beiping de meng yan = Midnight in Peking"
  • "午夜北平 : 英国外交官女儿喋血北平的梦魇 = Midnight in Peking"
  • "Północ w Pekinie : szokujące morderstwo, które wstrząsnęło Chinami u progu II wojny światowej"
  • "Północ w Pekinie : szokujące morderstwo, które wstrząsnęło Chinami u progu II wojny światowej"@pl
  • "the murder that haunted the last days of old China"@en

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