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Jasper Becker
City of Heavenly Tranquility

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A startling, eye-opening account of a fascinating and decisive moment in Chinese history, packed with evocative stories. Jasper Becker tells the story of why and how China’s leaders set about to destroy and rebuild one of the world’s greatest cities and how many of the residents tried to stop it and protect their great architectural legacy.

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Format EPUB ● Pages 340 ● ISBN 9781783017850 ● Publisher Legend Publishing ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5385372 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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