# Paul French

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Paul French, "The Last Emperor of China: Twilight of the Forbidden City" (St. Martin's Press, 2026)

The life of Puyi, the last emperor of China, often feels like a spectacle—in no small part due to the 1987 Oscar-winning film The Last Emperor. Yet the true story being Puyi, as well as his wife, the empress Wanrong, is more complicated. Two foreigners were asked to tutor both Puyi and Wanrong: Reg…

Paul French, "The Last Emperor of China: Twilight of the Forbidden City" (St. Martin's Press, 2026)

The life of Puyi, the last emperor of China, often feels like a spectacle—in no small part due to the 1987 Oscar-winning film The Last Emperor. Yet the true story being Puyi, as well as his wife, the empress Wanrong, is more complicated. Two foreigners were asked to tutor both Puyi and Wanrong: Reg…

Paul French, "The Last Emperor of China: Twilight of the Forbidden City" (St. Martin's Press, 2026)

The life of Puyi, the last emperor of China, often feels like a spectacle—in no small part due to the 1987 Oscar-winning film The Last Emperor. Yet the true story being Puyi, as well as his wife, the empress Wanrong, is more complicated. Two foreigners were asked to tutor both Puyi and Wanrong: Reg…

Paul French, "The Last Emperor of China: Twilight of the Forbidden City" (St. Martin's Press, 2026)

The life of Puyi, the last emperor of China, often feels like a spectacle—in no small part due to the 1987 Oscar-winning film The Last Emperor. Yet the true story being Puyi, as well as his wife, the empress Wanrong, is more complicated. Two foreigners were asked to tutor both Puyi and Wanrong: Reg…

Paul French, "The Last Emperor of China: Twilight of the Forbidden City" (St. Martin's Press, 2026)

The life of Puyi, the last emperor of China, often feels like a spectacle—in no small part due to the 1987 Oscar-winning film The Last Emperor. Yet the true story being Puyi, as well as his wife, the empress Wanrong, is more complicated. Two foreigners were asked to tutor both Puyi and Wanrong: Reg…

The Last Emperor of China with author Paul French

China’s last emperor (Puyi), his empress (Wanrong), and concubine (Wenxiu) spent two years sequestered in the Forbidden City before their expulsion in 1924. Around them were holdover dowagers, scheming eunuchs, corrupt officials, and two foreign teachers of English. Many people know Puyi’s tutor, R…

The Last Emperor of China

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.chinesewhispers.uk It’s often said that monarchy is a gilded cage, and nowhere is that more true than in the case of the last emperor, Puyi. He was two years old when he became emperor in 1908. He spent the first years of his life wi…

Give Me Liberty

Originally Aired: March 29, 1955 Suspense #591, "Give Me Liberty," follows Paul French, a man who embezzled a quarter of a million dollars and managed to hide it before his conviction. As French is being transported to prison by a detective, handcuffed for the journey, fate intervenes in the form …

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Ricki Tarr Declassifed Part 1

This episode I talk with writer Paul French about all things Ricki Tarr. We explore how Tarr’s backstory reflects the declining British Empire as much as the Cold War, how his past explains his the character we see in the novel and unwrap Tarr’s past as a ruthless killer. Plus, Japanese pri…

Murder in Old Beijing: A True Crime Mystery | Learn Chinese

A young woman goes missing in 1937 Beijing. The next morning, her body is discovered near a mysterious tower. Who killed Pamela Werner—and why was the case never solved? In this special true-crime episode of Chinese Language Convo Club, Vicky and I explore one of old Beijing's most haunting unsolve…