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The Rebel and the Kingdom (häftad, eng)
''Propulsive . . . Deeply reported and novelistic. I flew through it'' Ed Caesar
''Jaw dropping even for North Korea . . . A te...
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''Propulsive . . . Deeply reported and novelistic. I flew through it'' Ed Caesar
''Jaw dropping even for North Korea . . . A terrific piece of up-close reportage that reads like a spy thriller but is all too real'' Anna Fifield
HOW DID A COLLEGE KID BECOME A GLOBAL FUGITIVE?
In the early 2000s, Adrian Hong was a soft-spoken Yale undergraduate looking for his place in the worldAfter reading a harrowing account of life inside North Korea, he realised he had found a cause to which he could devote his life.
Hong journeyed to China, outwitting Chinese security services as he helped ferry asylum-seeking North Korean escapees to safetyMeanwhile, Hong''s secret organization, Cheollima Civil Defense (later renamed Free Joseon), began tracking the North Korean government''s activities, and its volatile ruler, Kim Jong-un.
Free Joseon targeted North Korean diplomats who might be persuaded to defect, while drawing up plans for a government-in-exileAfter the shocking broad-daylight assassination in 2017 of Kim Jong-nam, the dictator''s older brother, Hong, along with US Marine veteran Christopher Ahn, helped ferry Jong-nam''s family to safety. Then Hong took the group a step further. He initiated a series of high-stakes direct actions, culminating in an armed raid at the North Korean embassy in Madrid - an act that would put Ahn behind bars and turn Hong into one of the world''s most unlikely global fugitives.
The Rebel and the Kingdom is an exhilarating account of how a trip down the safe and well-worn path of activism soon morphed into something extremely dangerousAcclaimed journalist and bestselling author Bradley Hope - who broke numerous details of Hong''s operations in the Wall Street Journal -reveals his remarkable story of idealism and insanity, hubris and heroism, all set within the secret battle for the future of the world''s most mysterious and unsettling nation.
Format | Häftad |
Omfång | 272 sidor |
Språk | Engelska |
Förlag | John Murray Press |
Utgivningsdatum | 2023-07-20 |
ISBN | 9781399806190 |
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Böcker
- Pocket, 272, Engelska, Hachette UK Distribution, 2023-07-20, 9781399806190
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Specifikation
Böcker
- Format Pocket
- Antal sidor 272
- Språk Engelska
- Förlag Hachette UK Distribution
- Utgivningsdatum 2023-07-20
- ISBN 9781399806190