Frederick--The Life of My Missionary Grandfather in Manchuria
About this ebook
“Engagingly written, with a wonderful way of bringing to life the work of one missionary and the broader history of Manchuria.”
----Frank Dikötter, Chair Professor of Humanities at The University of Hong Kong
“History is more complex and colourful through the lives of real persons than by the pens of historians. Basically we are all human beings and the distinctions by religion, race, and class could not conceal our passion for others. We might interpret macrohistory in whatever ideologies; the microhistory of individuals does not follow any mega-theory and the individuals’ lives present only narratives embedded in a particular conjuncture of time and place. But only through these narratives that we can understand real persons, real lives, the real world and the history they constitute. The case of Frederick O’Neill is one of them.”
----Dr Thomas Chan, Head of the China Business Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
About the author
Born in London in 1950 and educated at New College, Oxford University, Mark O’Neill has worked in Asia since 1978, in Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, China and Japan, for BBC, Reuters, the South China Morning Post and other media. Since 2006, he has lived in Hong Kong. He has written three books, including Tzu Chi: Serving with Compassion. He lived in Beijing and Shanghai for more than sixteen years, giving him the opportunity to visit Faku and collect the material for this book. Now he works as an author, journalist and teacher, based in Hong Kong. He speaks and writes Chinese but not with the learning and eloquence of Grandfather.
