Adam Brookes
1) Night heron
Author
Language
English
Description
Former British spy Peanut reaches out to his one-time MI6 paymasters via crusading journalist Philip Mangan, offering military secrets in return for extraction from Beijing.
2) Spy games
Author
Language
English
Description
Journalist Philip Mangan finds himself embroiled in a life-threatening conspiracy involving local unrest in East Africa and his failures in Beijing.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
370 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"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. Peking's Forbidden City is tense with fear and expectation. Japan's aircraft drone overhead, its troops and tanks are only hours away. How will the curators protect the vast imperial art collections in their charge? A million pieces of art-- objects that...
