The Elm Tree (Volume 2) by Ma, James Trapp - 9781910760758

The Elm Tree (Volume 2)Winds of Autumn\nAuthor(s): Ma, James Trapp\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: ACA Publishing Limited, United Kingdom\nImprint: Sinoist Books\nISBN-13: 9781910760758, 978-1910760758\nSynopsis\nMuch of northern China is now under Japanese control. In Beiping, food prices are soaring, the people are going hungry and the streets are teeming with refugees. Chiang Kai-sheks Kuomintang army are holding out in central and southwestern China, unable to land a serious blow on the enemy and squandering precious time fighting the Communists.\n\nQi Yuexuan, the sole scion of a distinguished family, has forsworn his life of indolence to lead a small band of villagers in resisting the invading forces. Back in Beiping, his son-in-law Chenglong is prospering, having thrown in his lot with Japanese military intelligence.\n\nThe saga enters its second half, and the Republic of Chinas crisis intensifies. The old way of life is all but gone. Now every surviving branch of the once-gre?