Fragile Cargo: The World War II Race to Save the Treasures of China's Forbidden City Brookes Adam
Fragile Cargo: The World War II Race to Save the Treasures of China's Forbidden City Brookes Adam The "gripping and meticulously researched" (The Times, London) true story of the determined museum…
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Fragile Cargo: The World War II Race to Save the Treasures of China's Forbidden City Brookes Adam
The "gripping and meticulously researched" (The Times, London) true story of the 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. 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? Japan's aircrafts drone overhead, its troops and tanks are only hours away.
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.
Fragile Cargo Brookes Adam
Fragile Cargo Brookes Adam
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