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Midnight in Peking − Life in the Legation Quarter Duke of Windsor Social Service Building Tuesday, 21 February 2012

In January 1937 the body of a young English woman named Pamela Werner was discovered at the base of the Fox Tower, one of the ancient watchtowers guarding Peking. The victim was the young daughter of E.T.C Werner, a former British diplomat to China and a noted sinologist. Despite efforts by both the Peking Municipal Police and a British Police Officer from Tientsin the case was never solved.

Over seventy years later a chance discovery by writer Paul French, at the National Archives in Kew, London unearthed an uncatalogued file of correspondence and documents sent from China before WW II. Included in this file were case reports and letters concerning Pamela Werner’s death. In his recently published book Midnight in Peking, Paul French retraces the investigation and circumstances under which it took place. This talk provides a fascinating insight into life in the Legation Quarter of Peking in the 1930’s just prior to the Japanese takeover and World War II.

Speaker: Mr Paul French
Date/Time: Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 6:30 pm
Venue: Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, 2/F, 15 Hennessy Road, Wanchai