Sinologist Paul French's book, "Midnight in Peking" takes a close look at 1930s China.

Sinologist Paul French's true-crime tale, "Midnight in Peking," paints an intimate portrait of 1930s Beijing, a city of opium dens, refugees and warlords steeped in terror of <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO000001" title="Japan" href="/topic/intl/japan-PLGEO000001.topic">Japan's</a> impending invasion.

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( Jonathan Kaiman / For The Times )

Sinologist Paul French's true-crime tale, "Midnight in Peking," paints an intimate portrait of 1930s Beijing, a city of opium dens, refugees and warlords steeped in terror of Japan's impending invasion.

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