Fragile Cargo

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Fragile Cargo is written by Adam Brookes and published by Simon and Schuster. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1982149299 (ISBN 10) and 9781982149291 (ISBN 13).

Spring, 1933. Peking's Forbidden City is tense with fear and expectation. Japan's aircraft drone overhead, its troops and tanks are only hours away. How will the curators protect the vast imperial art collections in their charge? A million pieces of art-- objects that carry China's deepest and most ancient memories. For sixteen years the curators, under the leadership of museum director Ma Heng, would transport the imperial art collection thousands of miles across China. Brookes details the story of a curators and their fragile, invaluable cargo. -- adapted from jacket