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Shanghai grand : forbidden love and international intrigue in a doomed world /

"On the eve of WWII, the foreign-controlled port of Shanghai was the rendezvous for the twentieth century's most outlandish adventurers, all under the watchful eye of the fabulously wealthy Sir Victor Sassoon. Emily 'Mickey' Hahn was a legendary New Yorker journalist whose vivid...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grescoe, Taras
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
Hahn, Emily, > 1905-1997 > Travel > China > Shanghai.
Hahn, Emily, > 1905-1997 > Relations with men.
Sassoon, Elias Victor, > 1881-1961 > Friends and associates.
Cathay Hotel (Shanghai, China) > History.
Shanghai (China) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Shanghai (China) > Biography.
Americans > China > Shanghai > Biography.
Adventure and adventurers > China > Shanghai > Biography.
Aliens > China > Shanghai > Biography.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 > Social aspects > China > Shangahi.
HISTORY / Asia / China.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
Biographies.
Travel writing.
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