THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE: THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MORRISON OF PEKING

Book ID/图书代码： 08513004B00630

English Summary/英文概要： The story of an "Aussie hero" who became the most famous and influential journalist reporting for The Times on China before, during and after the Boxer Rebellion. 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 gripping biography of an Australian journalist and adventurer who paused only to tell his stories and to plan his next foray among the great events and leading figures of his day. the great events and leading figures of his day

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 莫里森是一个勇敢的具有献身精神的记者。1882年他才20岁时，就孤身一人来到墨尔本揭露澳大利亚的奴隶贸易。在第一次试图穿越新几内亚时，他中了埋伏，差点被杀死，从此身上留下了两个箭头。但让他赢得国际声名的是他在义和团时期担任“泰晤士报”驻北京的记者，当时他帮助组织了外交使团的防卫活动。后来他担任了北京小皇帝政府的顾问，并在清王朝的垮台和民国政府的建立中起了重要作用。

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About the Author/作者介绍： 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 Country, and lives in Canberra where he divides his time between writing books, films a

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