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168 book trails

  • Location: China, Hong Kong, Plymouth

Able Seacat Simon: The Wartime Hero of the High Seas

1948 – True story of a cat found and smuggled on board HMS Amethyst, all through the eyes of the very cat himself.

  • Location: Hong Kong

White Ghost Girls

Late 1960s: A beautifully evocative picture of Hong Kong during the time of the Vietnam war.

  • Location: China, South East Asia, Tibet, Vietnam

Backpack

2000s: Brings the locations and the banter only found on within the travelling community completely to life!

  • Location: China, London, England

The Secret Mandarin

1800s: A disgraced woman. A faraway land. A forbidden love

  • Location: Shanghai

Death of a Red Heroine

1990s: This novel really is quite a guide around the city of Shanghai – its architecture food and the banks of the river.

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The Secret of Secrets

2025: Robert Langdon is back.

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