Williamsburg Regional Library

The rebel and the kingdom, the true story of the secret mission to overthrow the North Korean regime, Bradley Hope

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The rebel and the kingdom

1337943492

Bradley Hope

the true story of the secret mission to overthrow the North Korean regime

"A gripping account of an Ivy League activist-turned-fugitive and his clandestine effort to subvert the North Korean regime, a heart-pounding tale of a self-taught operative and his high-stakes attempt to change the world. In the early 2000s, Adrian Hong was a soft-spoken Yale undergraduate looking for his place in the world. After reading a harrowing account of life inside North Korea, he realized he had found a cause so pressing that he was ready to devote his life to it. What began as a trip down the safe and well-worn path of organizing soon morphed into something more dangerous. Acclaimed journalist and bestselling author Bradley Hope-who broke numerous details of Hong's operations in The Wall Street Journal-now reveals the full contours of this remarkable story of idealism and insanity, hubris and heroism, all set within the secret battle for the future of the world's most mysterious and unsettling nation"--, Provided by publisher

Prologue: The break-in -- A ready-made life -- The present is no different -- Across the Tumen River -- Shenyang six -- Bull in a china shop -- The pegasus project -- Horreya -- Above ground, below ground -- Blueprints -- Pruning the family tree -- Face-to-face -- The Italian job -- I'll be gone a while -- Anatomy of a fake kidnapping -- Long live the great successor -- Somebody please call the FBI -- Jailhouse kimchi -- On the run -- Epilogue: The price

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