Kings of Shanghai av Jonathan Kaufman

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<p>''A masterpiece of research, <i>The Last Kings of Shanghai</i> is a vivid and fascinating story of wealth, family intrigue, and political strategy on the world stage from colonialism to communism to globalized capitalism'' <b>Susannah Heschel, Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies, Dartmouth College<br></b><br><b><br>An epic, multigenerational story of two rival dynasties who flourished in Shanghai and Hong Kong as twentieth-century China surged into the modern era<br></b><br>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 has written a draft of <i>Private Lives </i>in his suite, Charlie Chaplin entertained his wife-to-be, and the American socialite Wallis Simpson reportedly posed for ''glamour'' photographs. A few miles away, Mao and the nascent Communist party have bee