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Hong Kong Invaded:
A 'Ninety-Seven Nightmare

By Gillian Bickley
April 2001
Jong Kong University Press
ISBN: 962-209-526-7
304 Pages
$37.50 paper original

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In this novel, it's 1897, and Hong Kong is being invaded by the combined forces of France and Russia. This visionary account by an anonymous author has been forgotten for a hundred years. Yet when published as The Back Door during the negotiations between Imperial China and Great Britain over the lease of the New Territories, the story aroused serious British fears about the possibility of defending Hong Kong against attack. The present author has rediscovered the novel and identifies many of the real people who play a part in the story. Maps and illustrations add to the enjoyment of this fantasy.

Fiction