Hongkong - 1841 to 1941
(give or take a few years..)
A unique place at a time now slipped from memory.
Stories of the people who lived and worked here - British, Chinese, Irish, Portuguese ....
Bringing to life some of the social history of Hongkong's colonial past through the tales and documents they left behind.
Women, Crime and
the Courts:
Hong Kong 1841-1941
published by BlacksmithBooks
18th December 2020.
ISBN 978-988-79639-8-1
more information here
For a preview of what's inside:
Introduction
Author talk given to Royal Asiatic Society HK Branch on 3rd March and kindly made available here by them.
Featured as Gwulo.com first newsletter of 2021 - read excerpts and how it came to be written: HK's Criminal Women
Delighted to have Women, Crime &
the Courts as the cover story for SCMP Magazine on 28th March 2021. Accompanied by Adolfo Arranz's atmospheric illustrations, the excerpts from the book tell of a violent murder in 1901 and the heartless kidnapping of a young woman a year earlier. The first story is deeply sad - whether or not Wong Po had committed the dreadful crime, she was not destined to live long. But Tong Kui's case does, at least, have a happier ending. This link brings up a pdf version of the article.
