Love In The Shadow Of Mao

CHINA, THE EPIC LONG MARCH AND MAO'S REVOLUTION A love story both historical and intimate peopled by fascinating characters Julia Harrison, rich, beautiful and privileged, wife of a U.S. Congressman. What is she doing in Maoist China? Is she to be rescued or investigated? Jen Chi-man, was born in the wilderness, orphaned by war, reared in the Red Army and sent to America to become a scientist. He returns to a world he no longer knows. Catherine Lee, a Chinese-American doctor from Brooklyn, imbued with a romantic love of the motherland she has never seen, longing to "serve the people". In their stories, we get glimpses of Mao, his power-hungry wife, foreign-educated Zhou Enlai and Madame Sun, revered widow of the founder of modern China, a committed Communist who lives in a mansion.

• | Author: Joanne Elliott
• | Publisher: Austin Macauley
• | Publication Date: Mar 03, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 316 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1398487821
• | ISBN-13: 9781398487826