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Peking

An Epic Novel of Twentieth-Century China

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Peking

By: Anthony Grey
Narrated by: Cindy Kay
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This epic novel of a wide-eyed missionary and a rebellious woman thrust into China's Communist revolution is "an excellent read, panoramic in scope" (Financial Times).

In 1931, young English-born missionary Jakob Kellner brings all the crusading passion of his untried Christian faith to a China racked by famine and bloody civil war. He burns to save the world's largest nation from Communism.

But when he is swept along on the cold, unforgiving Long March, Jakob becomes entangled with Mei-ling, a beautiful and fervent revolutionary. Soon, powerful new emotions challenge and reshape his faith—and entrap him forever in the vast country's tortured destiny.

Once held hostage by Red Guards in Peking for more than two years, author Anthony Grey traces the path of China's Communist party from its covert inception through purge and revolution. He crafts a portrait of China as a land of great beauty and harshness—of triumph and tragedy—in a sweeping narrative, rich in historical and cultural revelations.

©1988 Anthony Grey (P)2023 Tantor
Espionage Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Political Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Fiction China Military

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Very gruelling listen and not particularly rounded and sympathetic main characters but I do feel that I have a better understanding of the complexities of that period of Chinese history.

Needs some listener stamina but well worth it.

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