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URL:https://felixstowebookfestival.co.uk/events/paul-frenchher-lotus-year-
 china-the-roaring-twenties-and-the-making-of-wallis-simpson
SUMMARY:Paul French: Her Lotus Year\, China\, The Roaring Twenties and the 
 Making of Wallis Simpson
DESCRIPTION:A fresh perspective on Wallis informed by Paul’s extensive kn
 owledge of China and his access to archives in China not available to prev
 ious biographers. Her Lotus Year reveals the full story of the  transform
 ative year Wallis Simpson spent in China\, a time that hasn’t been fully
  recorded before but was absolutely fundamental to who Wallis was to becom
 e.\n\nIn conversation with Georgy Jamieson\n\nAbout the author\n\nBorn and
  currently based in London\, Paul French lived and worked in Shanghai for 
 many years. After a career as a widely published analyst and commentator o
 n China he is now a full-time author\, focusing on China and Asia in the f
 irst half of the twentieth century. He previously appeared in our festival
  (online thanks to Covid ) to talk about his book City of Devils: A Shangh
 ai Noir \n\n[caption id="attachment_14543" align="alignleft" width="150"] 
 photo by Sue Anne Tay[/caption]\n\n\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n\n
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CATEGORIES:Adult Programme 2025,Non-fiction,Palm Court
LOCATION:Harvest House - The Palm Court Room\, Cobbold Road\, FELIXSTOWE\, 
 IP11 7SP\, United Kingdom
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