WHAT: An online talk by author Adam Brookes on his book Fragile Cargo: the World War II race to save the treasures of China's Forbidden City, moderated by Paul French, followed by Q&A (online)

WHEN: Sept. 7, 2022 Wednesday from 8:00-9:00 PM Beijing time

MORE ABOUT THE EVENT: RASBJ is thrilled to feature author Adam Brookes discussing his hot new book Fragile Cargo: the World War II race to save the treasures of China's Forbidden City​ . The talk will be moderated by Paul French, author of "Midnight in Peking". For a taste of things to come, here's an interview Paul did with Adam for the China-Britain Business Focus​. Many of you have attended RASBJ's numerous events focused on the Forbidden City – and now's your chance to hear one of the most rollicking tales of all.

Here's how the publisher described this book: "1924: Two days before Christmas, a small and clandestine group of professors, curators, and historians made their way through the enormous gates and towering vermillion walls of Peking's Forbidden City, for centuries the home to the Chinese emperors.... [By the early 1930's], Japanese pilots [were] bombing Shanghai. In the increasingly vulnerable city of Peking, the Palace Museum's curator made a difficult and monumental decision: to safeguard the treasures, they would need to be evacuated.... What followed was an unbelievable and perilous journey through a vast country facing tremendous upheaval and conditions as varied as icy winter storms to boiling heatwaves. Now, the full story is finally revealed and the men and women who helped saved China's precious cultural history are given their due in this unforgettable book."

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