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The Mysteries of Stolen Chinese Boxes, Versailles and Shantung – Robert Goddard’s The Corners of the Globe

Posted: July 12th, 2015 | No Comments »

Last year I blogged about the first book in Robert Goddard’s The Wide World trilogy, The Ways of the World, which begins with events at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 – Those that like a little alternative history should enjoy the series as it partly resolves around the machinations over the Shantung Question at Versailles (which I’ve written about myself in Betrayal in Paris, part of the Penguin China World War One series).

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Anyway, in case you were wondering, the second in the series, The Corners of the Globe, continues the theme and plays out against the backdrop of the betrayal of the Chinese at Versailles and tells a credible alternative back story to the decisions over Shantung. The third, and final, book in the series, The Ends of the Earth, is just out and takes everyone to Japan to resolve issues. If you’re looking for some doorstop sized page turners for the summer holidays and fancy a bit of Buchan-like adventure then these might be your thing….

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