Aleko E. Lilius

I Sailed with Chinese Pirates (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

An enthusiastic history of rampant Cantonese piracy in the 1930s, this first-hand account follows globetrotting journalist Aleko E. Lilius as he sets out to infiltrate mysterious pirate gangs. Describing every detail of the reporter's life as he eats, sleeps, and sails with murderous gangs, this recollection chronicles the rapport between Lilius and South China's notorious pirate queen, Lai Choi San. Including the harrowing misdeeds witnessed on Lilius's journey, this record is a sensational, adventurous tale.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Earnshaw Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789888107605
• Artikelnr.: 41825490

Autorenporträt

Aleko E. Lilius was a Russian journalist, a writer, and an adventurer. He is the author of Turbulent Tangiers. Paul French is a Shanghai-based editor, writer, and analyst. He is the author of Carl Crow: A Tough Old China Hand, North Korea: The Paranoid Peninsula, and Through the Looking Glass and the coauthor of Fat China and Oil and Water.