Fragile Cargo: China's Wartime Race to Save the Treasures of the Forbidden City

Adam Brookes

The gripping true story of the intrepid curators who saved China's finest art from the ravages of the Sino-Japanese War and World War IISpring 1933. The silent courtyards and palaces of Peking's Forbidden City are tense with fear and expectation. Japan's aircraft drone overhead; its troops and tanks are...