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Her Lotus Year- Thomas Cook’s 1924 Peking Guide

Posted: January 22nd, 2025 | No Comments »

Wallis arrived in China in 1924, right in time to pick up the new Thomas Cook’s guide published that year. Their Peking office was in the lobby of the Grand Hotel de Pekin where she was staying.

Her Lotus Year: China, the Roaring Twenties and the Making of Wallis Simpson is available everywhere in hardback, e-book and audiobook now….



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