Paul French
Paul French is a British writer known for his books and articles on various topics. He has focused much of his work on China, exploring its history and culture through gripping stories. His writing stands out because he turns real events into engaging narratives that hold readers’ attention. He has a talent for making facts feel as exciting as fiction.
Publication Order
Standalone Books
One Billion Shoppers
1998
North Korea: The Paranoid Peninsula - A Modern History
2005
Carl Crow, a Tough Old China Hand: The Life, Times, and Adventures of an American in Shanghai
2006
Through the Looking Glass
2009
Oil on Water: Tankers, Pirates and the Rise of China
2010
Fat China: How Expanding Waistlines Are Changing a Nation
2010
The Old Shanghai A–Z
2010
Midnight in Peking
2012
Badlands: Decadent Playground of Old Peking
2012
The Badlands: More Stories from Midnight in Peking
2012
Betrayal in Paris
2014
Our Supreme Leader: The Making of Kim Jong-un
2016
Man’s Fate – Andre Malraux’s Shanghai of the Absurd
2016
Gypsies of Shanghai
2016
"Peking is Like Paris"
2016
My Kind of Crime: Reviews for The Life Sentence
2016
Censoring Lady Chatterley in Shanghai
2017
Destination Shanghai
2018
City of Devils: The Two Men Who Ruled the Underworld of Old Shanghai
2018
Bloody Saturday
2018
Murders of Old China
2019
Strangers on the Praia: A Tale of Refugees and Resistance in Wartime Macao
2021
Destination Peking
2022
Her Lotus Year
2024