a magnificent sea adventure by the author of THE WAKE OF THE GERTRUDE LUTH and THE RED SAILOR
May 1949. In Shanghai the rich and influential of Old China wait anxiously for an opportunity to escape Mao's advancing Communist forces....
To Shanghai comes Henry Wan who has stolen two tons of gold bullion from his bank and wants it retrieved from its hiding place up the Yangtze River. With him are his wife and bodyguard, whose plans for the gold differ greatly from his own. Unknown to them all, others have discovered the gold's existence, and will stop at nothing to secure it...
But only one man - 'Mad' Harry Lord, owner of the powerful motor launch Jacaranda - has the cunning and the sheer nerve to snatch the bullion from under the noses of both Communist and Nationalist forces - by way of the notorious 'Yangtze Run'...:
Climaxing in a desperate chase down the Yangtze Kiang to the sea, The Yangtze Run is a taut and exciting adventure in the tradition of Alastair Maclean and Desmond Bagley.
Historical Fiction
Vintage paperback

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