Empire Made Me. An Englishman Adrift in Shanghai.

8vo. Pp. [x], 391, [1 (blank)]. Glossy, illustrated red wraps, printed in yellow and white. Frontispiece, b/w illustrations, notes, bibliography, index.

A 'marginal' man at the centre of Empire. Culled from Richard Maurice Tinkler's letters, Empire Made Me meticulously documents his life in the service of the British Empire in the inter-war years, one of hundreds of young men who joined the Shanghai Municipal Police. "[A] fascinating and intimate portrait of Shanghai at its apex." –Asian Review of Books