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Hangman's Point
  • Published:
    Jul-1999
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    Historical Romance
  • Pages:
    538
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Hong Kong and southern China in 1857. An exotic world of crinolines and top hats; opium dens and clipper ships; betrayal and sudden death. Rich in detail, Hangman's Point brings to life a shocking murder, a sensational trial, a mass poisoning.

Hong Kong and southern China in 1857. An exotic world of crinolines and top hats; opium dens and clipper ships; betrayal and sudden death. Rich in detail, Hangman's Point brings to life a shocking murder, a sensational trial, a mass poisoning, a cruel slave trade and the desperate schemes of Chinese trying to the hated "foreign devils." The novel's main character, Andrew Adams, a ne'er-do-well American seaman, gambler and part-time smuggler, manages the Bee Hive tavern in the raucous Chinese section of Hong Kong. To avoid a long prison term, he will enter southern China in search of pirates who have beheaded eleven foreigners. To escape a hanging, he will attempt a daring prison escape and disguise himself as a Chinese. To rescue the woman he loves, he will risk everything.
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    • Jan-2010
    • Village East Books
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0966189914
    • ISBN13: 9780966189919
    •  
    • Jul-2011
    • Village East Books (NYC)
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Sep-2011
    • Smashwords
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1465807314
    • ISBN13: 9781465807311



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