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Wuhan - by John Fletcher (Hardcover)

Wuhan - by  John Fletcher (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>A multi-stranded historical epic set in China in 1937, when Wuhan stood alone against a whirlwind of war and violence.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A multi-stranded historical epic set in China in 1937, when Wuhan stood alone against a whirlwind of war and violence ​</b> <p/><b>Wuhan, 1937. China is at war, invaded by the Japanese Army, who sweep through the country killing indiscriminately. As the capital city falls, Wuhan takes its place and will become pivotal in China's future. </b></p><p>1937. China is at war. Japanese soldiers sweep through the country, killing and displacing the millions who stand in their way. Nanjing has fallen, and Wuhan promoted in its place. While the rest of the world looks the other way, Wuhan stands alone against a whirlwind of violence that forced unprecedented cultural and political change. This will be a moment that shapes China's future.</p><p>Weaving together a multitude of narratives, <i>Wuhan</i> is a historical fiction epic that pulls no punches: the heart-in-mouth story of a peasant family forced onto a thousand-mile refugee death-march; the story of Lao She - the influential Chinese novelist - who leaves his family in a war-zone to assist with the propaganda effort in Wuhan; the hellish battlefields of the Sino-Japanese war; the incipient global conflict seen through a host of colorful characters - from Chiang Kai-Shek, China's nationalist leader, to Peter Fleming, a British journalist based in Wuhan and a prototype for his younger brother Ian Fleming's James Bond.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>John Fletcher</b> is a Neoplatonist and an anarcho-syndicalist. Over the course of his life he has been many things, including a construction worker, a shepherd, a white van driver, a gravedigger, a steelworker, a cleaner, a teacher, a broadcast journalist, and a writer. <i>Wuhan</i> is his first novel.</p>

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