China Revolutions and My Family History – Illustrated Lecture
Thursday 29 May
Embassy of Iraq, Beijing
Membership desk open 7:00 pm for 7:30 pm lecture
Coordinator: Renata Greplova, 135 5277 7692 (No Reservations Necessary)
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The Beijing International Society is delighted to welcome back writer, speaker, businessman and novelist Adam Williams, the author of three acclaimed historical novels: The Palace of Heavenly Pleasure, The Emperor’s Bones and The Dragon’s Tail. His novels weave together historical fact and family history.
Williams, who has spent twenty years as a businessman and a banker in Beijing, is the fourth generation of his family to be living and working in China. In his presentation, which will be illustrated by more than 100 contemporary photographs and illustrations, he will talk about China’s history that provided the factual background of his trilogy, as well as his family’s own experience in China over more than 100 turbulent years and how that influenced his writing. He will also read an extract from his latest novel, The Dragon’s Tail (published by Hodder and Stoughton, 2007), which covers the period from the Cold War through the Cultural Revolution to a denouement in Tienanmen Square.
Signed copies of The Dragon’s Tail will be available.
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