Her Lotus Year – Shanghai Guards Against the Second Zhili–Fengtian War

Posted: January 29th, 2025 | No Comments »

Wallis arrived in Shanghai in late 1924 as the Second Zhili–Fengtian War raged close by. She dined, garden partied, went to the races and shopped but she could not have failed to notice the precautions taken in the International Settlement, not least by the Americans… here US sailors search cars entering the Settlement; the US Company of the Shanghai Volunteers guards the borders of the Settlement; US, as well as Royal Navy and French Navy ships line the Huangpu River; US sailors on guard in Shanghai…

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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