Murder in Manchuria

Murder in Manchuria
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 9781640126046
ISBN-13 : 164012604X
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Book Synopsis Murder in Manchuria by : Scott D. Seligman

Download or read book Murder in Manchuria written by Scott D. Seligman and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2023-10 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Murder in Manchuria, Scott D. Seligman explores an unsolved murder set amid the chaos that reigned in China in the run-up to World War II. The story unfolds against the backdrop of a three-country struggle for control of Manchuria—an area some called China’s “Wild East”—and an explosive mixture of nationalities, religions, and ideologies. Semyon Kaspé, a young Jewish musician, is kidnapped, tortured, and ultimately murdered by disaffected, antisemitic White Russians, secretly acting on the orders of Japanese military overlords who covet his father’s wealth. When local authorities deliberately slow-walk the search for the kidnappers, a young French diplomat takes over and launches his own investigation. Part cold-case thriller and part social history, the true, tragic saga of Kaspé is told in the context of the larger, improbable story of the lives of the twenty thousand Jews who called Harbin home at the beginning of the twentieth century. Scott D. Seligman recounts the events that led to their arrival and their hasty exodus—and solves a crime that has puzzled historians for decades.


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