The Man Who Died Twice: The Life and Adventures of Morrison of Peking

The Man Who Died Twice is the compelling story of Morrison of Peking', who bestrode continents, helped bring down a dynasty and chronicled his times so brilliantly that he not only wrote history but changed it as well. George Ernest Morrison's strong sense of courage and devotion to reporting the truth led him, at only 20, to expose the Australian Kanaka slave trade. He then walked, alone and unaided, from the Gulf of Carpentaria to Melbourne only 21 years after explorers Burke and Wills had perished in the same endeavour. And in attempting the first crossing of New Guinea, he was almost killed in an ambush which left two spear tips embedded in his body. However, it was Morrison's work as a correspondent for the London Times in the decadent and dangerous Chinese capital at the turn of the century that brought him international fame, not least when he helped to organise the defence of the legations during the 55-day siege of the Boxer Uprising. Then, as adviser to the fledgling Chinese government, he was a pivotal figure in the fall of the last Emperor and the birth of the Chinese Republic. Peter Thompson and Robert Macklin have written a powerful and g

Table of Contents:
Prologue Peking 1900 Part I 1862-1894 1 Shoe Leather 2 The Noblest Profession 3 Exposing the Slavers 4 Following Burke and Wills 5 New Guinea Disaster 6 Doctor's Orders 7 Eastern Promise 8 A Pleasant Journey Part II 1895-1911 9 Moberly's Man 10 Secret Agent 11 Chinese Puzzle 12 Dragon Empress 13 The Boxer Uprising 1900 14 Rescue and Retribution 15 Morrison's War 16 The Northcliffe Touch 17 Revolution! Part III 1912-1920 18 China's Champion 19 The Entwined Heart 20 Perfidious Nippon 21 Dynasty of Dunces 22 Sentimental Journey 23 The Final Struggle Epilogue The Noble Professional Notes Sources and Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Peter Thompson, born in Melbourne, was a Fleet Street journalist for 20 years, rising to deputy editor of the Daily Mirror, editor of the Sunday Mirror and a director of Mirror Group Newspapers. Since turning to writing, he has written biographies of the Princess of Wales, the Duchess of York, Robert Maxwell, Elvis Presley, Aristotle Onassis and Jack Nicholson. He lives in London, where he runs Mayfair News Service. Robert Macklin, born in Brisbane, began his journalistic career at the Courier-Mail and later wrote for The Age, The Bulletin and The Canberra Times, where he was associate editor until 2002. He is the author of three novels The Queenslander, The Paper Castle and Juryman as well as two major non-fiction works, 100 Great Australians and The Secret Life of Jesus. He is a graduate of the Australian Film and Television School, writer/producer of an eight-part television series, Bushranger Countr