Adam Brookes

A compelling story of art, war and adventure. An extraordinary odyssey of the imperial treasures of the Forbidden City, protected by heroic and remarkable curators... Superb

Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of STALIN: THE COURT OF THE RED TSAR

A story of bravery and ingenuity, and equally of the critical role cultural heritage plays in forming and maintaining national identity.

Wall Street Journal

So much more than a work of art history, Brookes's book illuminates the exceptional dramas of the Chinese front in the Second World War, a theatre of the conflict that is still insufficiently understood

Julia Lovell, Literary Review

A story of bravery and ingenuity, and equally of the critical role cultural heritage plays in forming and maintaining national identity.

Wall Street Journal

So much more than a work of art history, Brookes's book illuminates the exceptional dramas of the Chinese front in the Second World War, a theatre of the conflict that is still insufficiently understood

Julia Lovell, Literary Review

A compelling story of art, war and adventure. An extraordinary odyssey of the imperial treasures of the Forbidden City, protected by heroic and remarkable curators... Superb

Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of STALIN: THE COURT OF THE RED TSAR

A story of bravery and ingenuity, and equally of the critical role cultural heritage plays in forming and maintaining national identity.

Wall Street Journal

So much more than a work of art history, Brookes's book illuminates the exceptional dramas of the Chinese front in the Second World War, a theatre of the conflict that is still insufficiently understood

Julia Lovell, Literary Review