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Get the Summary of Jonathan Kaufman's The Last Kings of Shanghai in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: The book lays bare the moral compromises of the Kadoories and the Sassoons-and their exceptional foresight, success, and generosity. At the height of World War II, they joined together to rescue and protect eighteen thousand Jewish refugees fleeing Nazism. Though their stay in China started...
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[2020]
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English
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"An epic, multigenerational story of two rival dynasties who flourished in Shanghai and Hong Kong as twentieth-century China surged into the modern era, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Shanghai, 1936. The Cathay Hotel, located on the city's famous waterfront, is one of the most glamorous in the world. Built by Victor Sassoon--billionaire playboy and scion of the Sassoon dynasty--the hotel hosts a who's who of global celebrities: Noel Coward...
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